Fibrillin gene (FBN1) mutations in Japanese patients with Marfan syndrome

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-118

  Chikumi, Hiroki ^a   Yamamoto, Toshiyuki ^b   Ohta, Yasutoshi ^b   Nanba, Eiji ^b   Nagata, Keiko ^a   Ninomiya, Haruaki ^b   Narasaki, Kohshi ^a   Katoh, Tatsuo ^a   Hisatome, Ichiro ^a   Ono, Kimiyo ^a   Tanaka, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kuroda, Hiroaki ^a   Ohgi, Shigetsugu ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FBN1; Fibrillin 1; Gene; Japanese; Marfan syndrome; Mutation

Indexed keywords

DNA; FIBRILLIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0034103153     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100380050027     Document Type: Article

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