Susceptibility to aortic dissection in Turner Syndrome pregnancy: inadequacy of the ASRM Practice Committee Report

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Silberbach, Michael ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA ROOT; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNER SYNDROME;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 67349226131     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.060     Document Type: Letter

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