Marfan syndrome
genetic disorder of the connective tissue
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Summary
Marfan syndrome is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of designated intractable rare disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,692 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: rare disease[3], class of disease[4], symptom or sign[5]
- Named after: Antoine Marfan[6]
- Subclass of: marfanoid[7], connective tissue disease[8], eye disease[9]
- Commons category: Marfan syndrome[10]
- ICPC 2 ID: A90[11]
- Afflicts: connective tissue[12]
- Symptoms and signs: dolichostenomelia[13], flat feet[14], mitral valve prolapse[15], scoliosis[16], pectus excavatum[17], pectus carinatum[18], aortic aneurysm[19], aortic dissection[20], ectopia lentis[21]
- External data available at URL: http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/4792[22]
- ICD-9-CM: 759.82[23]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C34807[24]
- Health specialty: medical genetics[25]
- Genetic association: FBN1[26]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_14323[27], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:14323[28], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_558[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[30]
- P14541: 2NbKKl[31]
Why It Matters
Marfan syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]