Marfan syndrome and dural ectasia: A common, yet little known association

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 339-340

  King, M A ^a,c   Slater, G J ^a,b,d  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DURA MATER; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0030787033     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1997.tb01990.x     Document Type: Article

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