Name: Marfan Syndrome: A Primer for Clinicians and Scientists (Medical Intelligence Unit)
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Author: Peter N. Robinson
ISBN: 9780306482380

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Marfan Syndrome: A Primer for Clinicians and Scientists (Medical Intelligence Unit)

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Springer

Author

Peter N. Robinson

Year

2004

Language

English

Pages

218

Format

Hardcover

Weight

1.10

ISBN

030648238X

ISBN13

9780306482380

Edition No.

2004

Synopsis "Marfan Syndrome: A Primer for Clinicians and Scientists (Medical Intelligence Unit) "

Historical Introduction The Marfan Syndrome: From Clinical Delineation to Mutational Characterization, a Semiautobiographic Account VictorA. McKusick l n 1876, E. Williams, an ophthalmologistin Cincinnati, Ohio, described ectopia lentis in a brother and sister who were exceptionally tall and had been loosejointed from birth. I Although there is a Williams syndrome that has aortic manifestations (supravalvar aortic stenosis), the name Williams was never associated with the disorder we now call Marfan syndrome. The reason is clear: Williamswas geographically removed from the leading medical centers and published in the Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society; surely his report attracted little attention and the non-ocular features were not emphasized. 2 The case report that brought the disorder to attention was provided by a prominent Pari sian professor of pediatrics, Antoine Bernard-Jean Marfan (1858-1942), who did much to establish pediatrics as a specialty in France and elsewhere. He was the author of widely read textbooks and monographson pediatrictopics and waseditor of Le Nourrisson for a great many years. In addition to the syndromeunder discussion here, his name is often attached to "Marfan's law" (that immunity to pulmonary phthisis is conferred by the healing of a local tuberculous 3 lesion) and Marfan's subxiphoid approach for aspiratingfluid from the pericardial sac. (Please pardon my use of the possessive form of the eponym in these two instances!) Pictures of Marfan (Fig.

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