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Cosa comporta la sindrome di Marfan?
La sindrome di Marfan è una rara malattia ereditaria del tessuto connettivo che causa alterazioni oculari, ossee, cardiache, dei vasi sanguigni, polmonari e del sistema nervoso centrale. Questa sindrome è causata da mutazioni del gene che codifica per la proteina detta fibrillina.
Come si diagnostica la sindrome di Marfan?
Come avviene la diagnosi della sindrome di Marfan? La diagnosi viene effettuata sulla base dell’osservazione clinica, dell’analisi della storia familiare e del test genetico che ricerca mutazioni del gene Fibrillina-1. Il test genetico è particolarmente complesso perché il gene è molto grande.
Come curare la sindrome di Marfan?
Per la sindrome di Marfan non esiste una terapia risolutiva, l’obiettivo è quindi il trattamento delle complicanze presenti, prevenendone se possibile l’insorgenza. Per il rischio di dilatazione e rottura dell’aorta si fa uso di farmaci che riducano la pressione arteriosa come i β-bloccanti.
Is this photo of Abraham Lincoln from 1865 real?
Image released by Discovery shows Dr. Stanley Burns, left, and Dr. Whitny Braun looking over a photo of what some believe is Abraham Lincoln, captured hours after his death on April 15, 1865, in a scene from the documentary “The Lost Lincoln.” After looking into it for two years, Braun said she’s 99 percent convinced the photo is genuine.
How did Abraham Lincoln die?
The American statesman and lawyer, who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, was fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth on the 15 th April 1865 while attending the play “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. .
Is this Abraham Lincoln’s ghostly face?
Now, a photograph has surfaced which appears to show Lincoln’s ghostly face and iconic beard, with a bulging right eye, consistent with someone having been shot in the head. While 99% of alleged Lincoln photographs are definitely fakes, according to ABC News the investigator, Dr. Whitny Braun, is “99% convinced the photo is genuine.”
What happened to Lincoln during his second term?
A few weeks after the start of his second term, Lincoln publicly announced his support for limited suffrage for blacks in Louisiana.A fanatic Southerner, John Wilkes Booth, worried of the possibility that blacks could obtain the right to vote, on April 14, 1865 mortally wounded Lincoln, in Washington. He was pronounced dead the next morning.