title: Early onset marfan syndrome: Atypical clinical presentation of two cases.
abstract: Early onset Marfan Syndrome (eoMFS) is a rare, severe form of Marfan Syndrome (MFS). The disease has a poor prognosis and most patients present with resistance to heart failure treatment during the newborn period. This report presents two cases of eoMFS with similar clinical features diagnosed in the newborn period and who died at an early age due to the complications related to the involvement of the cardiovascular system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Mersin Women Health And Children Hospital, Mersin, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozyurt
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baykan
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Argun
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pamukcu
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Halis
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Korkut
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, Mersin Women Health and Children Hospital, Mersin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yuksel
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gunes
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Narin
keywords: Craniosynostosis; Early onset Marfan Syndrome (eoMFS); Heart failure; Neonatal Marfan Syndrome (MFS); Pediatric; Supraventricular tachycardia