MOLECULAR-GENETIC ASPECTS OF EYE PATHOLOGY IN MARFAN''S SYNDROME
In this article, molecular genetic aspects of the development of ophthalmic disorders in patients with Marfan's syndrome are considered. This disease develops due to a mutation in the gene of glycoprotein fibrillin-1, mapped on the 15th chromosome. Among the violations from the side of the organ of vision inMarfan'ssyndrome are ectopia of the lens, myopia, embryotoxon, eye iris hypoplasia, etc.