Marfan's syndrome: A review

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 153-157

  Aburawi, E H ^a   O'Sullivan, J ^a   Hasan, A ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0035291876     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2001.62.3.1535     Document Type: Article

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