Importance of the clinical recognition of Loeys-Dietz syndrome in the neonatal period

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Yetman, Anji T ^a,c   Beroukhim, Rebecca S ^b   Ivy, Dunbar D ^b   Manchester, David ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Aortic dissection; Gene mutation

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ANAMNESIS; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; LARSEN SYNDROME; LEG INJURY; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN PERIOD; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SYNDROME;

EID: 34248149387     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2886     Document Type: Article

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