Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV in young man

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2091-2096

  Asherson, Ronald A ^a,b   Bosman, Chris ^c   Tikly, Mohammed ^d,e   Spiro, Farrell ^f   Pope, F Michael ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Rosebank Clinic   (South Africa)

^c University of the Witwatersrand   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f Sunninghill Hospital   (South Africa)

^g WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibodies; Colonic perforation; Ehlers Danlos type IV; Renal infarctions

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BISOPROLOL FUMARATE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CASE REPORT; COLON PERFORATION; CORONARY STENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ELASTOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY INFARCTION; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; SKIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 33750019700     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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