hrp0084p3-1010 | Growth | ESPE2015

Disease-Specific Growth Charts of Marfan Syndrome in Korea

Kim Sujin , Cho Sungyoon , Sohn Youngbae , Park Sungwon , Jin Dong-Kyu , Huh Rimm , Kim Jinsup , Yang Aram

Background: Patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS) presents with primary skeletal manifestations such as tall stature, chest wall abnormality, and scoliosis. And these primary skeletal manifestations affect the growth pattern in MFS. Therefore, it is not appropriate to use normal growth charts to evaluate the growth status of MFS.Objective and hypotheses: We aimed to develop disease-specific growth charts for Korean MFS patients and to use these growth char...