New guidelines for diagnosis of Marfan a
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Deborah Levenson
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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R ecognizing and dis- tinguishing potentially life-threatening Marfan syndrome (MFS) and Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is often difficult, but 3 new papers may ease the process and steer patients to appropriate treatment. MFS is caused by a mutation in the gene that expresses the protein fibrillin-1,