Etiologic factors of acute aortic dissection in children and young adults

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 71-80

  Fikar, Charles R ^a   Koch, Simone ^a  

^a NEW YORK COLLEGE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0033972469     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280003900201     Document Type: Article

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