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Cardiovascular Manifestations and Complications of Loeys-Dietz Syndrome: CT and MR Imaging Findings.
Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc - 1 Jan 2000
Loughborough William W, Minhas Kishore S, Rodrigues Jonathan C L, Lyen Stephen M, Burt Helen E, Manghat Nathan E, Brooks Marcus J, Stuart Graham, Hamilton Mark C K
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Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is a recently described genetic connective tissue disorder with a wide spectrum of multisystem involvement. LDS is characterized by rapidly progressive aortic and peripheral arterial aneurysmal disease. LDS and the other inherited aortopathies such as Marfan syndrome have overlapping phenotypic features. However, LDS is characterized by a more aggressive vascular course; patient...
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