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Feline siblings Gary, left, and Shaggy are the first domestic cats to be documented with molecular characterization of Marfan syndrome.

Vets Find the First Cat Case of Human-Like Marfan Syndrome

Marfan syndrome, the disease linked to lens dislocation and aortic rupture in humans, has now turned up in two house cat littermates carrying the first molecularly confirmed feline case.