Lincoln may have had rare genetic condition


	Lincoln may have had rare genetic condition

onleyone

11-26-2007 8:07 PM

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disease, genetic, gene, abraham lincoln, syndrome, doctor, adrenal, rare, cancer

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11-26-2007 8:29 PM

CrazyRedHead

I've read elsewhere that Lincoln may have had Marfan Syndrome.

11-26-2007 9:32 PM

onleyone

sounds familiar ... guess it's easier to speculate than to jump the hurdles involved in obtaining actual tissue samples

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