Loeys-Dietz syndrome: Cardiovascular, neuroradiological and musculoskeletal imaging findings

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1495-1504

  Kalra, Vivek B ^a   Gilbert, John W ^a   Malhotra, Ajay ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Connective tissue disorders; Genetic disorders; Loeys Dietz syndrome; Transforming growth factor beta

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; LOSARTAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2;

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA ROOT ANEURYSM; AORTA SURGERY; ARACHNODACTYLY; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 9; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL CONTRACTURAL ARACHNODACTYLY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DURAL ECTASIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILIAL THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROVASCULAR ABNORMALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SHPRINTZEN GOLDBERG SYNDROME; SPINE INSTABILITY; THORACIC AORTA;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BONE DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; LOEYS-DIETZ SYNDROME; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 83555173379     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-011-2195-z     Document Type: Review

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