Neurovascular Manifestation of Loeys-Dietz Syndrome: A Case Report
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Neurovascular Manifestation of Loeys-Dietz Syndrome: A Case Report
A 5-year-old boy was referred to our hospital for evaluation of headache, tortuous intracranial arteries and vertebral arteries found up on brain magnetic resonance angiography. The patient’s family history was unremarkable for any genetic disease. He was born at 39 weeks of gestation by spontaneous vaginal delivery without complications. His birth weight was 3,580 gm. At 3 years Neurovascular ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Genetic Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1226-1769,2383-8442
DOI: 10.5734/jgm.2013.10.1.47