Genetic aspects of the vascular type of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (vEDS, EDSIV) in Japan

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-265

  Watanabe, Atsushi ^a,b   Kosho, Tomoki ^c   Wada, Takahiro ^c   Sakai, Noriyasu ^b   Fujimoto, Mitsuo ^d   Fukushima, Yoshimitsu ^c   Shimada, Takashi ^a,b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial rupture; Ehlers Danlos syndrome; Familial aneurysms; Type III procollagen (COL3A1); Vascular type of Ehlers Danlos syndrome (vEDS, EDS type IV)

Indexed keywords

PROCOLLAGEN; PROCOLLAGEN 3A1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEURYSM; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN BIOPSY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN TYPE III; DNA; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 33846592935     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.261     Document Type: Article

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