Morphologic features of the normal aortic arch in neonates, infants, and children pertinent to growth

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 511-515

  Machii, Masato ^a,b   Becker, Anton E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Ebina General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DESCENDING AORTA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MORPHOMETRICS; POSTNATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AORTA, THORACIC; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030852432     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00445-1     Document Type: Article

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