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Institution: CLOCKSS  | My Account | E-mail Alerts | Access Rights | Sign In Vol. 3 No. 9, September 1994   Archives  • Online Features Clinical Reviews  This Article  • Abstract  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal The Marfan Syndrome An Underdiagnosed Killer Maj Eron G. Manusov, MC, USAF; Capt Elizabeth Martucci, MC, USAF Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(9):822-826. References Article references have been provided for searching and linking. Additional reference information may be available in the article PDF. 1. Pyeritz RE. The Marfan syndrome. Am Fam Physician. 1986;34:84-94. 2. Cantwell JD. Marfan's syndrome: detection and management. Physician Sports Med. 1986;14:51-55. 3. Woerner EM, Royalty K. Marfan syndrome: what you need to know. Postgrad Med. 1990:87:229-236. PUBMED 4. McKusick VA. The cardiovascular aspects of Marfan's syndrome: a heritable disorder of connective tissue. Circulation. 1955;11:321-342. FREE FULL TEXT 5. Kainulainen K, Pulkkinen L, Savolainen A, et al. Location on chromosome 15 of the gene defect causing Marfan syndrome. N Engl J Med. 1990;323:935-939. PUBMED 6. Hollister D, Godfrey M, Sakai L, Pyeritz R. Immunohistologic abnormalities of the microfibrillarfiber system in the Marfan syndrome. N Engl J Med. 1990;323:152-159. PUBMED 7. Lee B, Godfrey M, Vitale E, et al. Linkage of Marfan syndrome and a phenotypically related disorder to two different fibrillin genes. Nature. 1991;352:330-334. PUBMED 8. Dietz H, Cutting G, Pyeritz R, et al. Marfan syndrome caused by a recurrent de novo missense mutation in the fibrillin gene. Nature. 1991;352:337-339. PUBMED 9. Pyeritz RE, McKusick VA. The Marfan syndrome: diagnosis and management. N Engl J Med. 1979;300:772-776. PUBMED 10. Pyeritz RE. Marfan syndrome. N Engl J Med. 1990;323:987-989. PUBMED 11. Resnick D, Niwayama G, eds. In: Diagnosis of Bone and Joint Disorders. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders Co; 1988:3374-3382. 12. Joseph KN, Kane HA, Milner RS, et al. Orthopedic aspects of the Marfan phenotype. Clin Orthop. 1992;277:251-261. PUBMED 13. Taylor LJ. Severe spondylolisthesis and scoliosis in association with Marfan's syndrome: case report and review of the literature. Clin Orthop. 1987;221:207-211. PUBMED 14. Cohen P, Schneiderman P. Clinical manifestations of the Marfan syndrome. Int J Derm. 1989;28:291-299. PUBMED 15. Cross HE, Jensen AD. Ocular manifestations in the Marfan syndrome and homocystinuria. Am J Ophthalmol. 1973;75:405-420. PUBMED 16. El Habbal MH. Cardiovascular manifestations of Marfan's syndrome in the young. Am Heart J. 1992;123:752-757. PUBMED 17. Bowen J, Boudoulais H, Wooley CF. Cardiovascular disease of connective tissue origin: review. Am J Med. 1987;82:481-482. PUBMED 18. Murdoch JL, Walker BA, Halpern BL, et al. Life expectancy and causes of death in the Marfan syndrome. N Engl J Med. 1972;286:804-808. PUBMED 19. Leone JC, Swigar ME. Marfan's syndrome and neuropsychiatric symptoms: case report and literature review. Compr Psychiatry. 1986;27:247-250. PUBMED 20. Smith VC, Eckenbrecht PD, Hankins GD, Leach CL. Marfan's syndrome, pregnancy, and the cardiac surgeon. Mil Med. 1989;154:404-406. PUBMED 21. Goldsmith MF. Marfan syndrome, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy findings underline avoidance of some sports. JAMA. 1992;268:3413-3414. FREE FULL TEXT