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Marfan syndrome: a case report and pictorial essay

We report a case of Marfan syndrome (MFS) in a South African patient, which is extraordinary because of the large constellation of clinical, radiological and vascular anomalies in a single patient. A literature search from 1950 to date did not show a similar report of such extensive clinical charact...

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Autores principales: Naidoo, Poobalan, Ranjith, Naresh, Zikalala, Zuzile, Mahoney, Scott, Ho, Kevin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6235474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30455800
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.171.14363
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Sumario:We report a case of Marfan syndrome (MFS) in a South African patient, which is extraordinary because of the large constellation of clinical, radiological and vascular anomalies in a single patient. A literature search from 1950 to date did not show a similar report of such extensive clinical characteristics of MFS.