Medical Definition of Marfan's disease

1. A hereditary condition of the connective tissue. Symptoms and signs include tall lean body type, irregular or unsteady gait, long extremities (including fingers and toes), abnormal joint flexibility, flat feet, stooped shoulders, dislocation of the optic lens and aneurysms of the aorta. Affects 1 in 50,000 people. Probably a collagen fibril assembly disorder since it can be mimicked in mice by aminonitriles that interfere with crosslinking. Inheritance: autosomal dominant. (06 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marfan's Disease

mare's-tail
mare's nest
mare's tail
Marek's disease
Marek's disease virus
maremma
maremmas
maremme
marena
Marengo
mares
Marey's law
mare clausum
mare liberum
mare nostrum
Marfan's disease
Marfan's law
Marfan's syndrome
Marfan's syndrome
marfanoid
marfan syndrome
marg
margarate
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Margaret Court
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Margaret Hilda Thatcher
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