Fetal aortic root dilation: A prenatal feature of the Loeys-Dietz syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1081-1083

  Viassolo, Valeria ^a   Lituania, Mario ^a   Marasini, Maurizio ^b   Dietz, Harry ^c   Benelli, Fabrizio ^d   Forzano, Francesca ^a   Faravelli, Francesca ^a  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Pontremoli Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aortic root dilatation; Loeys Dietz; Prenatal Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOUTH ABNORMALITIES; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 33751315752     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1565     Document Type: Article

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