Marfan Syndrome Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Marfan Syndrome, including details on genetics, causes, symptoms, treatment.

Volume 4 (2008), Issue 5 (May)

1. Determinants of quality of life in Marfan syndrome.
   Psychosomatics, 49(3): 243-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Biogenesis of extracellular microfibrils: Multimerization of the fibrillin-1 C terminus into bead-like structures enables self-assembly.
   Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(18): 6548-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. The Roles of Two Novel FBN1 Gene Mutations in the Genotype-Phenotype Correlations of Marfan Syndrome and Ectopia Lentis Patients with Marfanoid Habitus.
   Genet Test. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Acute coronary syndrome in a patient with Marfan syndrome following emergent surgical repair of aortic dissection.
   J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown), 9(6): 615-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Hemiarch aortic replacement for acute type A dissection in a Marfan patient with twin pregnancy.
   Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Aortic root operations for Marfan syndrome: a comparison of the Bentall and valve-sparing procedures.
   Ann Thorac Surg, 85(6): 2003-10; discussion 2010-1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Smoking and its effects on mortality in adults with congenital heart disease.
   Int J Cardiol, 127(1): 93-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. The value of keratometry and central corneal thickness measurements in the clinical diagnosis of Marfan syndrome.
   Am J Ophthalmol, 145(6): 997-1001. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Penetration of left and right atrial wall and aortic root by an Amplatzer atrial septal occluder in a nine year old boy with Marfan syndrome: Case report.
   J Cardiothorac Surg, 3: 25. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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