Is it true that Abraham Lincoln suffered from acromegaly and would have died from it had he not been assassinated?

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Is it true that Abraham Lincoln suffered from acromegaly and would have died from it had he not been assassinated?

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A 1962 theory that Abraham Lincoln had Marfan syndrome has little currency today. According to a 2007 theory, it is more likely that he had a different disorder, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B, that caused skeletal features almost identical to Marfan syndrome.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marfan_syndrome#Well_known_people

http://www.humanillnesses.com/original/Gas-Hep/Growth-Disorders.html

May 14 2009, 10:33 PM

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It is possibly but it was not certain he had it.

http://www.lincolnportrait.com/emotional_neurosis_hypokinetic.asp

May 14 2009, 9:04 PM

Is it true that Abraham Lincoln suffered from acromegaly and would have died from it had he not been assassinated?

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