Arachnodactyly - A key to diagnosing heritable disorders of connective tissue

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 358-364

  Grahame, Rodney ^a   Hakim, Alan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN 1; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2;

ABDOMEN; ADAMTSL4 GENE; ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTIC ROOT DILATATION; ARACHNODACTYLY; BIFID UVULA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLEFT PALATE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECTOPIA LENTIS; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; EYE DISEASE; FBN1 GENE; FOOT HEIGHT RATIO; GENE; GENETIC DISORDER; HAND HEIGHT RATIO; HEART DILATATION; HEREDITARY CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; HYPEREXTENSIBLE SKIN; HYPERTELORISM; JOINT LAXITY; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MARFAN SYNDROME; MARFANOID HABITUS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DISEASE; SPAN HEIGHT RATIO; TGFBR1 GENE; TGFBR2 GENE; TOOTH DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ARACHNODACTYLY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 84878538034     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2013.24     Document Type: Review

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