Dural ectasia as presenting symptom of Marfan syndrome

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 194-195

  Altman, Arie ^a   Uliel, Livnat ^a,b   Caspi, Liron ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dural ectasia; Elastin; FNB1 gene; Marfan syndrome

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN 1;

ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DURAL ECTASIA; GENE MUTATION; GENITAL PAIN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; LOW BACK PAIN; MARFAN SYNDROME; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEAKNESS;

DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DURA MATER; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MARFAN SYNDROME; SACRUM; SPINAL CANAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43249125794     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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