Marfan syndrome: New clues to genotype-phenotype correlations

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 202-207

  Ramirez, Francesco ^a   Gayraud, Barbara ^a   Pereira, Lygia ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Connective tissue; Dissecting aneurysm; Elastic fibres; Elastin; Elastolysis; Homologous gene targeting; Inflammation; Marfan syndrome; Microfibrils; Mouse models of human diseases; Vascular calcification

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; FIBRILLIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; ELASTIC FIBER; FIBER; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033048726     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899909115979     Document Type: Article

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