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FILLERS: David Connell Retrospective blues: Robert Johnson—an open letter to Eric Clapton BMJ 2006; 333: 489 [Full text]

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retrospective blues 6 September 2006
john f calder, consultant radiologist victoria infirmary glasgow G42 9TY Send response to journal: Re: retrospective blues	David Connell speculates that Robert Johnson may have had Marfan's syndrome. From a small photograph, it is difficult to comment on ptosis but the long slender fingers may simply be a racial characteristic. Standard measurements of metacarpal index do not apply to those of African origin. John Calder Refs. Walker,T M; Ashcroft, M T. British Journal of Radiology 1978; 51:338-341 Wachira, M W; Calder, J F; Palmer P E S. Diagnostic Imaging 1982;51:201- 204 Competing interests: None declared