Ruptured dissecting aneurysm in bilateral iliac arteries caused by Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-89

  Imamura, Atsushi ^a   Nakamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Inoue, Tomohisa ^a   Yamada, Hitoshi ^a   Okuno, Masashi ^a   Takai, Soichiro ^a   Komada, Hisanao ^a   Kwon, A Hon ^a   Kamiyama, Yasuo ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen type III; Dissecting aneurysm; Ehlers Danlos syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMANS; ILIAC ANEURYSM; MALE; SKIN;

EID: 0035097639     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950170228     Document Type: Article

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