Twins with progressive thoracic aortic aneurysm, recurrent dissection and ACTA2 mutation

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2014, Pages e1218-e1223

  Ware, Stephanie M ^a   Shikany, Amy ^a   Landis, Benjamin J ^a   James, Jeanne F ^a   Hinton, Robert B ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTA2; Aortic aneurysm; Aortopathy; Genetics; Mydriasis; Natural history

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACTA2 GENE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DACRON IMPLANT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY ARTERY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYDRIASIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; GENETICS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; TWINS;

ACTA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ACTIN;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RECURRENCE; TWINS;

EID: 84925547140     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2503     Document Type: Article

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