Aortic aneurysmal disease and cutis laxa caused by defects in the elastin gene

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-258

  Szabo, Z ^a   Crepeau, M W ^b   Mitchell, A L ^c   Stephan, M J ^d   Puntel, R A ^d   Loke, K Yin ^e   Kirk, R C ^e   Urban, Zsolt ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; TROPOELASTIN;

ALLELE; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTIS LAXA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXON; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DISORDER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUTIS LAXA; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 33645125433     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2005.034157     Document Type: Article

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