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 an inherited disorder of the connective tissue that causes abnormalities in the eyes, bone, heart and blood vessels. Symptoms There is a great variation in symptoms between one individual with Marfan syndrome and another, even within the same family.