The Loeys-Dietz syndrome: An update for the clinician

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 546-551

  Van Hemelrijk, Christine ^a   Renard, Marjolijn ^b   Loeys, Bart ^b  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

aortic aneurysm; arterial tortuosity; gene; transforming growth factor beta

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2;

ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; DRUG MECHANISM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FACE DYSMORPHIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SKIN DEFECT; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; VASCULAR BIOLOGY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOEYS-DIETZ SYNDROME; MUTATION; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

EID: 78049287216     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32833f0220     Document Type: Review

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