This disease develops if one of the vertebrae in the spine moves out of place and comes to lie across another of the spinal vertebrae. It quite commonly happens to people with Marfan syndrome, causing them stiffness and back pain. Not everyone who has spondylolisthesis also has Marfan syndrome, but the likeliness of developing it is much higher for anyone who experiences this syndrome.

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