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Who Is at Risk for Marfan Syndrome? - NHLBI, NIH
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Who Is at Risk for Marfan Syndrome?

People at highest risk for Marfan syndrome are those who have a family history of the condition. If you have Marfan syndrome, you have a 50 percent chance of passing the altered gene to each of your children.

Marfan syndrome affects about 1 out of every 5,000 people in the United States. Men, women, and children, and people of all races, can have the condition.

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Updated: October 1, 2010