Loeys-Dietz syndrome: A Marfan-like syndrome associated with aggressive vasculopathy

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Choo, Jonathan Tze Liang ^a   Tan, T H ^a   Lai, A H M ^a   Wong, K Y ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Loeys Dietz syndrome; Losartan; Marfan syndrome; Transforming growth factor beta

Indexed keywords

LOSARTAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2;

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; KARYOTYPE; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; NEWBORN; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOEYS-DIETZ SYNDROME; LOSARTAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; RISK; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 74549123813     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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