Hereditary influence in thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection

Circulation

Volumn 133, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 2516-2528

  Isselbacher, Eric M ^a   Cardenas, Christian Lacks Lino ^a   Lindsay, Mark E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aorta; aortic disease; Marfan syndrome

Indexed keywords

SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 3;

AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CUTIS LAXA; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHPRINTZEN GOLDBERG SYNDROME; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84974856584     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.009762     Document Type: Article

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