Late onset stroke and myocardial infarction in Williams syndrome [2]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Blanc, F ^a   Wolff, V ^a   Talmant, V ^a   Attali, P ^a   Germain, P ^a   Flori, E ^a   Toutain, A ^b   Dollfus, H ^a   Tranchant, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Elastin arteriopathy; Myocardial infarction; Stroke; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; FLUINDIONE; HEPARIN; METOPROLOL; RAMIPRIL; SERTRALINE;

ANAMNESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMIPARESIS; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THERAPY EFFECT; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PARESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 33750963278     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01475.x     Document Type: Letter

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