Features of Marfan syndrome:

Tall, thin stature - Long fingers - Unusually long arms and legs - Curvature of the spine (Scoliosis) ~ Chest bone that sticks in or out ~ Flexible joints ~ Crowded teeth ~ Nearsightedness ~ Dislocated lenses ~ Stretch marks (not due to pregnancy) ~ Collapsed lung ~ Aortic dilation ~ Aortic dissection ~ Mitral valve prolapse ~ Leaking valves in the heart

Blood-pressure drug could also treat muscle disease

January 21st, 2007 by Jeanette

Blood-pressure drug could also treat muscle disease
A drug commonly used to lower blood pressure reverses muscle wasting in lab mice genetically engineered to develop either Marfan syndrome or Duchenne muscular dystrophy, according to new findings reported by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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