Causes and histopathology of ascending aortic disease in children and young adults

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-25

  Jain, Deepali ^a   Dietz, Harry C ^a   Oswald, Gretchen L ^a   Maleszewski, Joseph J ^b   Halushka, Marc K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Dissection; Genetic

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA DISEASE; AORTITIS; ARTERIAL TORTUOSITY SYNDROME; ASCENDING AORTA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE CUTIS LAXA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; DRUG ABUSE; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; NOONAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHPRINTZEN GOLDBERG SYNDROME; TURNER SYNDROME; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADOLESCENT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650419209     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2009.09.008     Document Type: Review

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