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Marfan Syndrome

"Marfan Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An autosomal dominant disorder of CONNECTIVE TISSUE with abnormal features in the heart, the eye, and the skeleton. Cardiovascular manifestations include MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE, dilation of the AORTA, and aortic dissection. Other features include lens displacement (ectopia lentis), disproportioned long limbs and enlarged DURA MATER (dural ectasia). Marfan syndrome is associated with mutations in the gene encoding fibrillin, a major element of extracellular microfibrils of connective tissue.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Marfan Syndrome" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Marfan Syndrome" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 18 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 1995 and 1997 and 1998 and 2003 and 2014 and 2022
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