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SUBMITTER: Collod G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2045693 | biostudies-literature | 1994 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Collod G G Babron M C MC Jondeau G G Coulon M M Weissenbach J J Dubourg O O Bourdarias J P JP Bonaïti-Pellié C C Junien C C Boileau C C
Nature genetics 19941101 3
Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an autosomal dominant connective-tissue disorder characterized by skeletal, ocular and cardiovascular defects of highly variable expressivity. The diagnosis relies solely on clinical criteria requiring anomalies in at least two systems. By excluding the chromosome 15 disease locus, fibrillin 1 (FBN1), in a large French family with typical cardiovascular and skeletal anomalies, we raised the issue of genetic heterogeneity in MFS and the implication of a second locus (MFS2 ...[more]