Marfan syndrome: from molecular pathogenesis to clinical treatment.

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Published in Curr Opin Genet Dev on April 27, 2007

Authors

Francesco Ramirez1, Harry C Dietz

Author Affiliations

1: Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Robert W. Johnson Medical School, 89 French Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. ramirefr@umdnj.edu [corrected]

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