High prevalence of vertebral artery tortuosity of Loeys-Dietz syndrome in comparison with Marfan syndrome

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 273-277

  Kono, Atsushi K ^a,b   Higashi, Masahiro ^a   Morisaki, Hiroko ^a   Morisaki, Takayuki ^a   Tsutsumi, Yoshiaki ^a   Akutsu, Koichi ^a   Naito, Hiroaki ^a   Sugimura, Kazuro ^b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Loeys Dietz syndrome; Peripheral aneurysm; Transforming growth factor receptor; Vertebral artery tortuosity

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LOEYS DIETS SYNDROME; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FIBRIN; HUMANS; LOEYS-DIETZ SYNDROME; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 77955477397     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-010-0420-6     Document Type: Article

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