Marfan syndrome in pregnancy

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 337-341

  Simpson, Lynn L ^a   Athanassious, Achilles M ^a   D'Alton, Mary E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARACHNODACTYLY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MYOPIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOLIOSIS; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030820495     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199710000-00014     Document Type: Review

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