Candidate gene linkage analysis indicates genetic heterogeneity in Marfan syndrome
Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an autosomal dominant disease of the connective tissue that affects the ocular, skeletal and cardiovascular systems, with a wide clinical variability. Although mutations in the FBN1 gene have been recognized as the cause of the disease, more recently other loci have been ass...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2011-08-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2011000800009 |