Familial congenital bicuspid aortic valve: A disorder of uncertain inheritance

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 336-338

  Clementi, Maurizio ^a   Notari, Luisa ^a   Borghi, Adele ^b   Tenconi, Romano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

bicuspid valve; congenital malformation; genetic counseling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0029965973     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960424)62:4<336::AID-AJMG2>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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