The many faces of aggressive aortic pathology: Loeys-Dietz syndrome

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 299-304

  Aalberts, J J J ^a   Van Den Berg, M P ^a   Bergman, J E H ^a   Du Marchie Sarvaas, G J ^a   Post, J G ^b   Van Unen, H ^c   Pals, G ^d   Boonstra, P W ^a   Van Tintelen, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic pathology; Connective tissue disorder; Loeys Dietz syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL SKIN DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 58149242697     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03086168     Document Type: Article

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