Transillumination of the fingers for vascular anomalies: A novel method for evaluating hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 356-358

  Mohler III, Emile R ^a,b   Doraiswamy, Vijay ^a   Sibley, Alexandra ^a   Bernhardt, Barbara A ^a   Pyeritz, Reed E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital vascular anomaly; Finger; Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia; Telangiectases; Transillumination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MALE; OTOSCOPE; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC; TRANSILLUMINATION; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 67249096183     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e31819b245a     Document Type: Article

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