Dural ectasia in the Marfan syndrome: MR and CT findings and criteria

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-179

  Ahn, Nicholas U ^a   Sponseller, Paul D ^a   Ahn, Uri M ^a   Nallamshetty, Leelakrishna ^a   Rose, Peter S ^a   Buchowski, Jacob M ^a   Garrett, Elizabeth S ^a   Kuszyk, Brian S ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a   Zinreich, S James ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connective tissue disease; Diagnosis criteria; Dural ectasia; Marfan syndrome; Spinal deformity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MENINGOCELE; MENINX DISORDER; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0034532293     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00125817-200005000-00003     Document Type: Article

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