Marfan syndrome is a serious health problem, affecting men and women equally around the world. Thanks to scientific advances, nowadays it no longer causes as much mortality as before and cases of early death are increasingly rare.
Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes serious connective tissue abnormalities. It is a serious disease, which often causes problems with the bones, eyes, heart, and blood vessels. It is estimated that it affects 1 in 5,000 people in the world.
This syndrome affects men and women equally, of all racial and ethnic groups. Sometimes it is inherited from one of the parents, but between 20 and 50 cases per 100 are due to a spontaneous genetic mutation. In those cases there is no family history.
Thanks to early diagnosis and treatment, mortality from Marfan syndrome has decreased considerably in the last 20 years. The life expectancy of those affected by this disease has gone from 45 to 72 years. There are fewer and fewer cases in which there is early mortality.
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