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The cohort was enrolled in Beijing Jishuitan Hospital and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, based on Deciphering disorders Involving Scoliosis and COmorbidities (DISCO) study (<jats:ext-link>http:\/\/www.discostudy.org\/<\/jats:ext-link>). Exome sequencing was performed on patients\u2019 blood DNA. A recent published CCA scoring system was validated in our cohort. Seven novel variants and three previously reported <jats:italic>FBN2<\/jats:italic> variants were identified through exome sequencing. Two variants outside of the neonatal region of <jats:italic>FBN2<\/jats:italic> gene were found. The phenotypes were comparable between patients in our cohort and previous literature, with arachnodactyly, camptodactyly and large joints contractures found in almost all patients. All patients eligible for analysis were successfully classified into likely CCA based on the CCA scoring system. 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