Marfan Syndrome - A Primer for Clinicians and Scientists (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Medical Intelligence Unit
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	2004
Editors:	Peter N Robinson • Maurice Godfrey
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	218
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
ISBN-13:	978-1-4613-4757-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Medical genetics Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Cellular biology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4613-4757-2
Barcode:	9781461347576

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