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What causes people to have long appendages (arms, fingers, and legs)?

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Most likely Marfan: People with Marfan syndrome are usually tall and thin with disproportionately long arms, legs, fingers and toes. Marfan syndrome is caused by a dominant gene, which means one of your parents also has the gene and passed it to you.

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