Sound-alike syndromes: First report of Morvan's, and not Marfan's, syndrome

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 774-776

  Goldberg, Roy J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ETIRACETAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IRON; METFORMIN; MULTIVITAMIN; PARACETAMOL; QUETIAPINE;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MORVAN SYNDROME; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 41549151216     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01621.x     Document Type: Letter

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