Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Familial Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection Associated with Marfan-related Gene Mutations: Case Report of a Family with Two Gene Mutations
Tohru YamawakiKazuhiro NagaokaKunio MorishigeKenji SadamatsuHideki TashiroHiroshi YasunagaHiroko MorisakiTakayuki Morisaki
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2009 Volume 48 Issue 7 Pages 555-558

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We report three cases of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection in a Japanese family. Marfan-related genes were analyzed; FBN1 and TGFBR2 gene mutations were observed in this family.

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