Quantitative assessment of dural ectasia as a marker for Marfan syndrome

Radiology

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 514-518

  Oosterhof, T ^a   Groenink, M ^a   Hulsmans, F J ^a   Mulder, B J M ^a   Van der Wall, E E ^a   Smit, R ^a   Hennekam, R C M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Marfan syndrome; Meninges; Spine, MR

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034927341     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.220.2.r01au08514     Document Type: Article

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