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Prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms in patients with Marfan syndrome: A cross-sectional study and meta-analysis.

Gianfranco VornettiSara Rosa Maria De MartinoMaria Chiara BaroniCesare RossiMarco SeriElisabetta MariucciAndrea DontiCaterina TononRaffaele LodiLuca Spinardi
Published in: European stroke journal (2023)
In our cohort of genetically confirmed MFS patients, the prevalence of ICAs was 3%, which is substantially lower compared to previous studies based on neuroimaging. The high frequency of ICA found in previous studies could be explained by selection bias and lack of genetic testing, which may have led to the inclusion of patients with different connective tissue disorders. Further studies, including several centers and a large number of patients with genetically confirmed MFS, are needed to confirm our results.
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