Book: Marfan Does Not Mean Martian

[Lily]

On a local news station this morning, www.fox5sandiego.com, there was an interview entitled, "Living With Marfan." A young man from San Diego County, Elias Clark Turner, who has written a book on Marfan Syndrome, was interviewed. He had been diagnosed with Marfan as a preschooler. His grandmother, mother, and uncle have also been diagnosed with Marfan. For a Freshman Biology course assignment a couple of years ago or so at San Dieguito Academy in Encinitas, California, he wrote a book entitled Marfan Does Not Mean Martian. The National Marfan Foundation, www.marfan.org, saw his book and liked it and has taken up the publishing of the now illustrated book. Here is a link if you would like to see the contents of the book: http://www.marfan.org/cms/uploaded_files/8XJIUG81F3/89/docs/marvindoesnotmeanmartianfinalweb.pdf