Aortic dissection and Turner's syndrome: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 593-596

  Bordeleau, Louise ^a   Cwinn, Adam ^a,b   Turek, Michele ^a,b   Barron Klauninger, Kathy ^a   Victor, Gary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection Turner's syndrome; Cystic medial necrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNER SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0032126838     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(98)00041-9     Document Type: Article

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