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

Review: In Search of the Blues by Marybeth Hamilton

January 13th, 2007 by Jeanette

Review: In Search of the Blues by Marybeth Hamilton |Guardian Unlimited Books
(The story is that [Robert Johnson] was poisoned; an article in the British Medical Journal last year also posited Marfan’s syndrome - a connective tissue disorder, symptoms of which, such as spindly fingers and limbs, Johnson seemed to share.)

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