The standard treatment for the connective tissue disorder Marfan's syndrome (MFS) is β-blockade, aimed at reducing aortic wall stress. Angiotensin II type 1 and 2 receptors (AT 1 and AT 2 ...

Ingmar Staufenbiel; Christian Hauschild; Bärbel Kahl-Nieke; Eva Vahle-Hinz; Yskert von Kodolitsch; Maike Berner; Oskar Bauss; Werner Geurtsen; Alexander Rahman Therefore, the objective of the ...

Zoe Ridgway, 32, mother to 12-year-old Sofia, was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome at the age of 12, following an initial misdiagnosis of anorexia due to her "skinny and lanky" frame. The condition ...

Background: Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a disorder of the connective tissues. Alterations of the elastic fibers may manifest in different tissues especially in the skeletal, cardiovascular and ocular ...

Loeys-Dietz syndrome was identified in 2005 by then Johns Hopkins researcher Bart Loeys, M.D., Ph.D., and Hal Dietz, who directs Johns Hopkins' research on Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder ...

The NBA has honored a young man whose dream to play professional basketball was shattered by disease. On Thursday, as dozens ...

"I didn't realise but I was born to perform," Javier says. "I have a disease called Marfan syndrome. It makes people skinnier, taller, and very flexible." "So I was all my life very flexible ...