Characteristics in Phenotypic Manifestations of Genetically Proved Marfan Syndrome in a Japanese Population

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1146-1148

  Akutsu, Koichi ^a,b   Morisaki, Hiroko ^a   Takeshita, Satoshi ^a   Ogino, Hitoshi ^a   Higashi, Masahiro ^a   Okajima, Toshiya ^a   Yoshimuta, Tsuyoshi ^a   Tsutsumi, Yoshiaki ^a   Nonogi, Hiroshi ^a   Morisaki, Takayuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JAPANESE; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SLIT LAMP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63749093027     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.12.037     Document Type: Article

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