Description: Marfan Syndrome Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). A Primer for Clinicians and Scientists Author(s): Peter N. Robinson, Maurice Godfrey Format: Paperback Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., United States Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. ISBN-13: 9781461347576, 978-1461347576 Synopsis 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 [tel], 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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Book Title: Marfan Syndrome
Number of Pages: 218 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Marfan Syndrome: a Primer for Clinicians and Scientists
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: Biology
Item Height: 234 mm
Item Weight: 367 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Maurice Godfrey, Peter N. Robinson
Series: Medical Intelligence Unit
Item Width: 156 mm
Format: Paperback
