What is Marfan Syndrome? Marfan Syndrome is a genetic disorder where the connective tissues of the organs and skeletal structure of the body are affected. Due to this syndrome, the person is tall and ...

Hyderabad: In a groundbreaking surgery, the surgeons at Osmania General Hospital (OGH) on Thursday reported a successful liver transplant surgery on a 37-year-old patient with Marfan’s Syndrome, a ...

The 37-year-old patient was diagnosed with Marfan’s syndrome in early adulthood. By then, he had reached a critical stage of HPS. His breathing became severely compromised due to low oxygen ...

Introduction Aortic aneurysms and dissections in Marfan syndrome are life threatening. A dearth of treatment options exists hence investigating mechanisms which go awry leading to such conditions can ...

In 1896 Antoine Marfan, a French paediatrician, presented a 5 year old girl to the Medical Society of the Paris Hospitals. She had striking abnormalities in her skeletal system with elongation of her ...

Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a heritable connective tissue disorder caused by mutations in the Fibrillin‐1 gene, which encodes the extracellular matrix protein fibrillin‐1. Patients with MFS are ...

After swimming, he had developed sudden chest and back pain. He showed physical features of Marfan syndrome such as an increased arm span to height ratio greater than 1.05; additionally, arms and legs ...

Sjögren’s syndrome often affects the salivary and tear glands. Dry eye is one of the most common symptoms. There’s no cure for Sjögren’s syndrome, but there are many things you can do to ...