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  • Title: Cardiovascular findings in congenital contractural arachnodactyly: report of an affected kindred.
    Author: Anderson RA, Koch S, Camerini-Otero RD.
    Journal: Am J Med Genet; 1984 Jun; 18(2):265-71. PubMed ID: 6465201.
    Abstract:
    Three generations of a kindred had a history and physical findings consistent with congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA) segregating in an autosomal-dominant manner. Six of the seven affected patients we examined had mitral valve prolapse (MVP) diagnosed clinically or by echocardiography. The family members without CCA did not have MVP. This association of cardiac involvement with CCA further lessens the distinction between CCA and the Marfan syndrome. The indication for ophthamologic and echocardiographic follow-up of patients carrying the diagnosis of CCA is stressed.
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