FBN1 mutations in patients with descending thoracic aortic dissections

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 413-416

  Brautbar, Ariel ^a   LeMaire, Scott A ^a,b   Franco, Luis M ^a   Coselli, Joseph S ^a,b   Milewicz, Dianna M ^b,c   Belmont, John W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; FBN1; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STOP CODON; THORACIC AORTA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 75449093790     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32856     Document Type: Article

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