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The Marfan Syndrome: A Deficiency in Chemically Stable Collagen Cross-Links

Robert J. Boucek, Nancy L. Noble, Zeenat Gunja‐Smith, William T. Butler

New England Journal of Medicine · 1981 · 109 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

THE reduced tensile strength of tissues supporting the ocular lenses, cardiac valves, and aorta in heritable connective-tissue diseases is probably due to a defective organization of collagen. Sinc...

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A Heritable Disorder of Connective Tissue

Sheldon R. Pinnell, Stephen M. Krane, John E. Kenzora et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1972 · 412 citations

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Isolation and characterization of a fluorescent material in bovine achilles tendon collagen

Daisaburo Fujimoto, Kin‐ya Akiba, N. Nakamura · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1977 · 295 citations

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Defect in Conversion of Procollagen to Collagen in a Form of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

J R Lichtenstein, George R. Martin, Leonard D. Kohn et al. · Science · 1973 · 259 citations

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Procollagen Peptidase: An Enzyme Excising the Coordination Peptides of Procollagen

Charles M. Lapière, A. Lenaers, Leonard D. Kohn · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1971 · 236 citations · Full text

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X-Linked Cutis Laxa

Peter H. Byers, Robert C. Siegel, Karen A. Holbrook et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1980 · 207 citations

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