What is the Marfan Syndrome?

From the NationalMarfanFoundation factsheet:

The Marfan syndrome is a heritable disorder of the connective tissue that affects many organ systems, including the skeleton, lungs, 㱥ⴡ‭扢ⴠ㸭搼癩挠慬獳✽硥浟楡彮楬歮❳㰾ⴡ‭乃瑓瑡⁳敢楧ⴭਾ猼牣灩⁴祴数∽整瑸樯癡獡牣灩≴ਾ湣摳搽捯浵湥㭴湣瑳攽捳灡⡥湣摳琮瑩敬㬩挊獮㵬湣摳氮捯瑡潩⭮✧਻湣汳挽獮⹬敲汰捡⡥栯瑴㩰⽜⽜术✬楳整✺㬩挊獮㵲湣摳爮晥牥敲⭲✧਻湣牳挽獮⹲敲汰捡⡥栯瑴㩰⽜⽜术✬楳整✺㬩挊獮㵴湣瑳爮灥慬散⼨⭜术✬㈥❂㬩湣慳渽癡杩瑡牯愮灰慎敭਻湣湳⠽湣慳献扵瑳楲杮〨㈬㴩✽楍⤧〿ㄺ挻獮㵳捳敲湥挻獮硰⠽湣湳㴽⤰挿獮⹳潣潬䑲灥桴挺獮⹳楰數䑬灥桴਻潤畣敭瑮眮楲整✨椼杭猠捲∽瑨灴⼺眯睷ㄮ㌲慣瑲畯档⹥潣⽭振獮慴獴振瑮札晩砱⸱桰㽰㵥⬧湣獳眮摩桴✫✮挫獮⹳敨杩瑨✫搦✽挫獮硰✫爦✽攫捳灡⡥湣牳⬩☧㵰⬧獥慣数挨獮⥬✫琦✽挫獮⭴∧眠摩桴∽∱栠楥桧㵴ㄢ•潢摲牥∽∰✾㬩㰊猯牣灩㹴渼獯牣灩㹴椼杭猠捲∽瑨灴⼺眯睷ㄮ㌲慣瑲畯档⹥潣⽭振獮慴獴振瑮札晩砱⸱桰㽰㘴☸㵣∰眠摩桴∽∱栠楥桧㵴ㄢ•潢摲牥∽∰愠瑬∽㸢⼼潮捳楲瑰ਾℼⴭ䌠华慴獴攠摮ⴠ㸭⼼楤㹶ℼⴭ戠⵬潣敤ⴠ㸭ℼⴭ汭挭摯ⵥ㸭ℼⴭ灳挭摯ⵥ㸭ℼⴭ档捥潣敤ⴭ㰾ⴡ‭戯⁢ⴭ㰾⁰汣獡㵳渢癡慢≲㰾⁡牨晥∽瑨灴⼺眯睷洮牡慦汮晩⹥牯≧䴾牡慦楌敦䠠浯㱥愯‾⁼愼栠敲㵦栢瑴㩰⼯睷⹷慭晲湡楬敦漮杲瀯捩畴敲⽳楰瑣牵獥昭潲⵭桴ⵥ慭晲湡挭浯畭楮祴栮浴≬倾捩畴敲⁳湩敤㱸愯‾戼⁲㸯਍愼栠敲㵦栢瑴㩰⼯睷⹷慭晲湡楬敦漮杲瀯捩畴敲⽳楰獣⸱瑨汭㸢慐敧ㄠ⼼㹡簠㰠⁡牨晥∽瑨灴⼺眯睷洮牡慦汮晩⹥牯⽧楰瑣牵獥瀯捩㉳栮浴≬倾条⁥㰲愯‾⁼愼栠敲㵦栢瑴㩰⼯睷⹷慭晲湡楬敦漮杲瀯捩畴敲⽳楰獣⸳瑨汭㸢慐敧㌠⼼㹡簠㰠⁡牨晥∽瑨灴⼺眯睷洮牡慦汮晩⹥牯⽧楰瑣牵獥瀯捩㑳栮浴≬倾条⁥㰴愯‾⁼愼栠敲㵦栢瑴㩰⼯睷⹷慭晲湡楬敦漮杲瀯捩畴敲⽳楰獣⸵瑨汭㸢慐敧㔠⼼㹡㰠牢⼠ാ㰊⁡牨晥∽瑨灴⼺眯睷洮牡慦汮晩⹥牯⽧楰瑣牵獥瀯捩㙳栮浴≬倾条⁥㰶愯‾⁼愼栠敲㵦栢瑴㩰⼯睷⹷慭晲湡楬敦漮杲瀯捩畴敲⽳楰獣⸷瑨汭㸢慐敧㜠⼼㹡簠㰠⁡牨晥∽瑨灴⼺眯睷洮牡慦汮晩⹥牯⽧楰瑣牵獥瀯捩㡳栮浴≬倾条⁥㰸愯‾⁼愼栠敲㵦栢瑴㩰⼯睷⹷慭晲湡楬敦漮杲瀯捩畴敲⽳楰獣⸹瑨汭㸢慐敧㤠⼼㹡簠㰠⁡牨晥∽瑨灴⼺眯睷洮牡慦汮晩⹥牯⽧楰瑣牵獥瀯捩ㅳ⸰瑨汭㸢慐敧ㄠ㰰愯‾⁼愼栠敲㵦栢瑴㩰⼯睷⹷慭晲湡楬敦漮杲瀯捩畴敲⽳楰獣〱栮浴≬倾条⁥ㄱ⼼㹡††t the Marfan syndrome

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