[Difficulties in diagnosing Marfan's syndrome in childhood and adolescence].

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BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of Marfan's syndrome in childhood and adolescence is made by the criteria of the Gent nosology, which evaluates genetic data, family history and a spectrum of clinical criteria. Due to the age dependent manifestations of the clinical symptoms, combined with the extreme heterogeneity of Marfan's syndrome diagnosis in early childhood remains sometimes difficult. PATIENTS: Prospectively, we...

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