Arterial hypertension in a child with williams-beuren syndrome (7q11.23 chromosomal deletion)

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 177-180

  De Sylos, Cristina ^a   Pereira, Alexandre C ^a   Azeka, Estela ^a   Miura, Nana ^a   Mesquita, Sônia Maria Ferreira ^a   Ebaid, Munir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENETICS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THORACIC AORTA; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

AORTA, THORACIC; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 11244323476     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2002001100009     Document Type: Article

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