Marfan Syndrome is a disorder where someone is born with long arms, legs, and fingers. Marfan Syndrome affects the body’s connective tissue. Marfan Syndrome has no other names. A mutation, or change, in the gene that controls how the body makes fibrillin causes Marfan Syndrome. Marfan Syndrome can be inherited: The child of a person who has Marfan Syndrome has a 50 percent of inheriting that disease. Although everyone with Marfan Syndrome has a defect in the same gene, different mutations are found in different families, and not everyone experiences the same characteristics to the same degree. There is no specific laboratory test, such as a blood or skin biopsy, to diagnose Marfan Syndrome. There is no cure for Marfan Syndrome. There is currently
