Recent developments in the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome and related disorders

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 197, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 494-497

  Summers, Kim M ^a   West, Jennifer A ^b   Hattam, Annette ^c   Stark, Denis ^d   McGill, James J ^e   West, Malcolm J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA TESTING; DURAL ECTASIA; ECTOPIA LENTIS; FBN1 GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; TGFBR1 GENE; TGFBR2 GENE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; MUTATION;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MARFAN SYNDROME; MUTATION;

EID: 84874405496     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10560     Document Type: Article

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