Reduced penetrance and variable expressivity of familial thoracic aortic aneurysms/dissections

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 474-479

  Milewicz, Dianna M ^a   Chen, Hua ^b   Park, Eun Sook ^b   Petty, Elizabeth M ^b   Zaghi, Hedayatollah ^b   Pai, G Shashidhar ^b   Willing, Marcia ^b   Patel, Vasant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 3P; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

EID: 0031823564     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00364-6     Document Type: Article

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