Article
Fibrillin abnormalities and prognosis in Marfan syndrome and related disorders.
American journal of medical genetics - 28 Aug 1995
Aoyama T, Francke U, Gasner C, Furthmayr H
Abstract excerpt
Marfan syndrome (MFS), a multisystem autosomal-dominant disorder, is characterized by mutations of the fibrillin-1 (FBN1) gene and by abnormal patterns of synthesis, secretion, and matrix deposition of the fibrillin protein. To determine the sensitivity and specificity of fibrillin protein abnorm...
Topics
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Connective Tissue Diseases
- Electrophoresis
- Fibrillin-1
- Fibrillins
- Fibroblasts
- Humans
- Marfan Syndrome
- Microfilament Proteins
- Mutation
- Prognosis
- Skin
- Survival Rate
