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Genetic analysis of structural elastic fiber and collagen genes in familial adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society - 1 Nov 1996
Miller N H, Mims B, Child A, Milewicz D M, Sponseller P, Blanton S H
Abstract excerpt
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is a genetic disorder of unknown etiology. Scoliosis is a clinical feature of inherited connective-tissue disorders including Marfan syndrome. Mutations within the gene of FBN1 (fibrillin 15), a component of the extracellular matrix, are now linked to Marfan syndrome and similar clinical phenotypes. This study investigated the potential association of structural genes encoding for...
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