Performance of a new quantitative method for assessing dural ectasia in patients with FBN1 mutations and clinical features of Marfan syndrome

Neuroradiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 397-400

  Söylen, Bahar ^a   Hinz, Kerstin ^a,b   Prokein, Jana ^a   Becker, Hartmut ^a   Schmidtke, Jörg ^a   Arslan Kirchner, Mine ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis criteria; Dural ectasia; Ghent nosology; Marfan syndrome; Spinal canal

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURAL ECTASIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DURA MATER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349271155     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-009-0508-9     Document Type: Article

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