The middle aortic syndrome: An important feature of Williams' Syndrome

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 597-602

  Radford, Dorothy J ^a   Pohlner, Peter G ^a  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortogram; Hypertension; Middle aortic syndrome; Williams' syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; THORACIC AORTA; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0034323846     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100008878     Document Type: Article

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