Spectrum of arterial obstructions caused by one elastin gene point mutation

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-54

  Koch, Andreas ^a   Buheitel, Gernot ^a   Hofbeck, Michael ^b   Rauch, Anita ^a   Kraus, Cornelia ^a   Tassabehji, Mayada ^c   Singer, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ELASTIN;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA SUPRAVALVULAR STENOSIS; AORTOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MALE; NONSENSE MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AORTIC STENOSIS, SUPRAVALVULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0037215214     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-002-1111-9     Document Type: Article

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