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Definition:

marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder of the connective tissue. People with the syndrome tend to be unusually tall, with long limbs and long, thin fingers.

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The cause for Marfan Syndrome is a mutation or change in the genes when developing. the developing child can inherit an normal FBN1 gene from one parent and an abnormal FBN1 gene from another parent.

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Average child that is born with this defect. 

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Average child that is born with this defect. 

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50,000 people in the united states have Marfan Syndrome or (3 out of every 5,000) it occurs equally in males and females so there's no sex that inherits it more, same with ethnicity and race.

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Arms, legs, fingers, and toes that are longer in relation to the rest of the body.

chest wall caves in

flat feet

arched roof of the mouth

stretch marks

bad vision