Le syndrome de Marfan est souvent à l’origine de problèmes au niveau des os et des articulations. Ce sont en réalité souvent ces caractéristiques qui amènent en premier une personne à soupçonner un syndrome de Marfan et à chercher à obtenir un diagnostic. Ces caractéristiques (désignées caractéristiques squelettiques) se manifestent lorsque les os dépassent la longueur habituelle ou que les ligaments (le tissu conjonctif qui maintient ensemble les articulations) s’étirent, comme des élastiques lâches.
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