Molte persone affette da sindrome di Marfan o da alcune malattie correlate manifestano complicazioni polmonari, ovvero problemi ai polmoni. È importante che chi soffre di sindrome di Marfan si rivolga a uno pneumologo (uno specialista dei polmoni) se sospetta di avere problemi ai polmoni.
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