Systemic Score Marfan -

# Skeletal system if skeletal_features['pectus_excavatum_or_carinatum']: score += 1 if skeletal_features['joint_hypermobility']: score += 1 if skeletal_features['long_limbs']: score += 1 if skeletal_features['scoliosis']: score += 1 if skeletal_features['reduced_elbow_extension']: score += 1

The score ranges from 0 to 20 points. Below are the primary features used for calculation according to The Marfan Foundation : High-Weight Features (3 points each) systemic score marfan

But as he hopped off the table, Elias didn't feel the weight of the number the way he used to. He pulled his shirt back down over his concave chest. "You see that bridge

"You see that bridge?" Aris asked. "It looks fragile from a distance, doesn't it? All that wire and air. But it’s designed to move. If it were rigid, the wind would snap it in half. The flexibility is the strength." But it’s designed to move

The list went on. It was a grim scavenger hunt. Elias had the ‘thumb sign’ (his thumb extended past his pinky when he made a fist)—another point. He had stretch marks on his shoulders and lower back, not from weight gain, but from skin that couldn't keep up with his rapid, spider-like growth—another point. He had severe nearsightedness and a dislocated lens—two more points.