Preferred Label : Marfan syndrome;
Symbol : MFS;
CISMeF acronym : MFS; MFS1;
Type : Phenotype, molecular basis known;
Alternative titles and symbols : Marfan syndrome, type I; MFS1;
Description : A heritable disorder of fibrous connective tissue, Marfan syndrome shows striking
pleiotropism and clinical variability. The cardinal features occur in 3 systems--skeletal,
ocular, and cardiovascular (McKusick, 1972; Pyeritz and McKusick, 1979; Pyeritz, 1993).
It shares overlapping features with congenital contractural arachnodactyly (121050),
which is caused by mutation in the FBN2 gene (612570). Gray and Davies (1996) gave
a general review. They published Kaplan-Meier survival curves for a cohort of British
Marfan syndrome patients demonstrating greater survivorship in females than in males;
a similar result had been reported by Murdoch et al. (1972) and by Silverman et al.
(1995). Gray and Davies (1996) also proposed a grading scale for clinical comparison
of the Marfan syndrome patients. The authors provided criteria for each grade and
suggested uniform use of these scales may facilitate clinicomolecular correlations.;
Inheritance : Autosomal dominant;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutation in the fibrillin 1 gene (FBN1, 134797.0001);
Laboratory abnormalities : Decreased fibrillin-1 immunostaining in the dermis;
Prefixed ID : #154700;
Origin ID : 154700;
UMLS CUI : C0024796;
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