Marfan syndrome (also called Marfan’s syndrome) is a genetic disorder caused by the misfolding of the protein fibrillin-1. Fibrillin-1 is coded by the gene FBN1.People with Marfan tend to be unusually tall with long limbs and long thin fingers.
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