Yes, Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder. It is not a disease. It is caused by a mutation in fibrillin and is an autosomal dominant mutation. This means that if you have a Marfan causing mutation,...
Marfan syndrome is a disorder of the connective tissue. Connective tissue provides strength and flexibility to structures throughout the body such as bones, ligaments, muscles, the walls of blood...
Marfan syndrome is caused by a mutation in FBN1, which is fibrillin. There are over 600 known mutations that cause Marfan. It's interesting...most mutations are found in an individual family and no...
Mutations of the fibrillin gene (FBNI) are unique to each family affected by Marfan, which makes rapid genetic diagnosis impossible, given present technology.