Ronald Wilson Reagan , the 40th president of the United States, died Saturday at his home in California. He was 93 years old and had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
About 1 in 5,000 people have Marfan syndrome, including men and women of all races and ethnic groups. About 3 out of 4 people with Marfan syndrome inherit it, meaning they get the genetic mutation from a parent who has it.
Marfan syndrome is the most common inherited disorder of the connective tissue, commonly affecting the skeletal system, heart, blood vessels and eyes. People with Marfan syndrome are usually quite tall and thin, and their arms and legs are longer than normal. They also often have long fingers (arachnodactyly), an abnormal curvature of the spine (kyphoscoliosis), and dislocation of the lens of the eye.