Marfan syndrome (also called Marfan's syndrome) is a genetic disorder of the connective tissue. People with Marfan's tend to be unusually tall, with long limbs and long, thin fingers.
The syndrome is inherited as a dominant trait, carried by the gene FBN1, which encodes the connective protein fibrillin-1. People have a pair of FBN1 genes. Because it is dominant, people who have inherited one affected FBN1 gene from either parent will have Marfan ...
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- Abraham Lincoln ,
- John Tavener ,
- Austin Carlile ,
- Bradford Cox ,
- Flo Hyman ,
- Jonathan Larson ,
- Joey Ramone ,
- Vincent Schiavelli
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