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Br J Ophthalmol 2003;87:846 doi:10.1136/bjo.87.7.846
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Autosomal dominant Weill-Marchesani and Marfan syndromes are two sides of the same coin

A genetic study has suggested that autosomal dominant Weill-Marchesani syndrome and Marfan syndrome are allelic diseases. Two large families with autosomal dominant Weill-Marchesani syndrome were studied. They were the same families whose condition was previously shown to be linked to chromosome 15q21.1, to the fibrillin-1 gene locus. Fibrillin-1 …

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