Dural ectasia in children with Marfan syndrome: A prospective, multicenter, patient-control study

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 140 A, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 775-781

  Knirsch, Walter ^a,b,c   Kurtz, Claudia ^b   Häffner, Nicole ^b   Binz, Gudrun ^c   Heim, Peter ^c   Winkler, Peter ^c   Baumgartner, Daniela ^d   Freund Unsinn, Karin ^d   Stern, Heiko ^e   Kaemmerer, Harald ^e   Molinari, Luciano ^a   Kececioglu, Deniz ^b   Uhlemann, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c University Hospital Freiburg ^*  (Germany)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Dural ectasia; Marfan syndrome; Spinal canal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DURA MATER; DURAL ECTASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEASUREMENT; MENINX DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRA BODY; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646927897     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31158     Document Type: Article

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