title: Identify and manage marfan syndrome in children.
abstract: Marfan syndrome can reduce life expectancy and quality of life because of cardiac, orthopedic, ocular, and other system impairments. This article describes the syndrome from infancy through adolescence and our role in its identification and management.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, Conn, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ryan-Krause
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*