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Scientists identify a probable contributor to weakness of the aorta in people with genetic disorder
who directs Johns Hopkins' research on Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder similar to Loeys-Dietz syndrome. Marfan syndrome's features were systematically described by the late Victor McKusick ...
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Effectiveness of ACE inhibition in patients with Marfan's syndrome on β-blockade
The standard treatment for the connective tissue disorder Marfan's syndrome (MFS) is β-blockade, aimed at reducing aortic wall stress. Angiotensin II type 1 and 2 receptors (AT 1 and AT 2 ...
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Adult Genetics
This clinic also focuses on cardiovascular complaints of patients with genetic syndromes such as Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Williams syndrome and ...
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Devereux, Harry C. Dietz, Raoul C. Hennekam, and Reed E. Pyeritz. 1996. "Revised Diagnostic Criteria for the Marfan Syndrome." American Journal of Medical Genetics 62 (4): 417–26. Harris, James E. and ...