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Multiple molecular mechanisms underlying subdiagnostic variants of Marfan syndrome.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 1998
Montgomery R A, Geraghty M T, Bull E, Gelb B D, Johnson M, McIntosh I, Francomano C A, Dietz H C
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the FBN1 gene, which encodes fibrillin-1, cause Marfan syndrome (MFS) and have been associated with a wide range of milder, overlap phenotypes. The factors that modulate phenotypic severity, both between and within families, remain to be determined. This study examines the relationship between the FBN1 genotype and phenotype in families with extremely mild phenotypes and in those that show striking...
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