Das Marfan-Syndrom verursacht häufig Probleme mit Knochen und Gelenken. In der Tat sind dies oft die ersten Merkmale, die einen Verdacht auf das Marfan-Syndrom erwecken und eine Person zu einem Arztbesuch bewegen, um eine Diagnose stellen zu lassen. Zu diesen Skelettmerkmalen kommt es, wenn die Knochen übermäßig lang werden oder die Bänder (das Bindegewebe, das die Knochen an den Gelenken verbindet) dehnbar werden – wie ausgeleierte Gummibänder.
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