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Results 1 - 10 of 14 for Marfan syndrome OR arachnodactyly OR hyperextensibility syndrome
  1. Marfan syndrome 
    Marfan syndrome is a disorder that affects the connective tissue in many parts of the body. Connective tissue provides strength and flexibility to structures ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/marfan-syndrome - Genetics
  2. FBN1 gene 
    ... increase TGF-β activity cause a disorder called Marfan syndrome (see below), which is characterized by tall stature. ... develop additional features typical of a condition called Marfan syndrome (described below), such as abnormalities of the large ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/fbn1 - Genetics
  3. Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome 
    ... those of people with a genetic condition called Marfan syndrome. For example, they may have long, slender fingers ( ... has signs and symptoms similar to those of Marfan syndrome and another genetic condition called Loeys-Dietz syndrome. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/shprintzen-goldberg-syndrome - Genetics
  4. Isolated ectopia lentis 
    ... a common feature of genetic syndromes such as Marfan syndrome and Weill-Marchesani syndrome. The prevalence of isolated ... 146 adults not meeting clinical diagnostic criteria for Marfan syndrome: further delineation of type 1 fibrillinopathies and focus ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/isolated-ectopia-lentis - Genetics
  5. Nearsightedness 
    ... X-linked congenital stationary night blindness, Stickler syndrome, Marfan syndrome, retinitis pigmentosa, cone-rod dystrophy, deafness and myopia ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/nearsightedness - Genetics
  6. Weill-Marchesani syndrome 
    ... Weill-Marchesani syndrome with thoracic aortic disease and Marfan syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2013 Sep;161A( ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/weill-marchesani-syndrome - Genetics
  7. How are genetic conditions and genes named?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... first person to describe the disorder (for example, Marfan syndrome , which was named after Dr. Antoine Bernard-Jean Marfan); A geographic area (for example, familial Mediterranean fever , ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../mutationsanddisorders/naming - Genetics
  8. Congenital contractural arachnodactyly 
    ... Milewicz DM. FBN2 mutation associated with manifestations of Marfan syndrome and congenital contractural arachnodactyly. J Med Genet. 2004 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../congenital-contractural-arachnodactyly - Genetics
  9. What are the different ways a genetic condition can be inherited?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... the disorder in their family. Huntington's disease , Marfan syndrome Autosomal recessive In autosomal recessive inheritance , variants occur ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../inheritance/inheritancepatterns - Genetics
  10. FBN2 gene 
    ... Milewicz DM. FBN2 mutation associated with manifestations of Marfan syndrome and congenital contractural arachnodactyly. J Med Genet. 2004 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/fbn2 - Genetics
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