Marfan's syndrome

Variant of Marfan syndrome

Marfan syndrome definition

Mar·fan syndrome (mär′fan)

a hereditary disorder characterized by abnormalities of the blood circulation and the eyes, abnormally long bones in the limbs, and very mobile joints
also Marfan's syndrome

Etymology: after Antonin Marfan (1858-1942), Fr physician, who first described it (1892)

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