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Genetic risk for aortic aneurysm in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Scoliosis is a feature of several genetic disorders that are also associated with aortic aneurysm, including Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, and type-IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
Alvarado, David M   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

A Pilot Investigation of Transforming Growth Factor‐β2 and Total Protein Concentrations in Aqueous Humor of Canine Glaucomatous Eyes With and Without Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Surgery

open access: yesVeterinary Ophthalmology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate responses to surgical interventions in concentrations of transforming growth factor‐β2 (TGF‐β2) and total protein (TP) in the aqueous humor (AH) of primary angle‐closure glaucoma (PACG) eyes, with and without Ahmed glaucoma valve surgery in dogs.
Songhui Lee, Kangmoon Seo, Seonmi Kang
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of acute and elective cardiac surgery on the anxiety traits of patients with Marfan syndrome

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry, 2017
Background Marfan syndrome is a genetic disease, presenting with dysfunction of connective tissues leading to lesions in the cardiovascular and skeletal muscle system.
Kálmán Benke   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aortic pathology from protein kinase G activation is prevented by an antioxidant vitamin B12 analog. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
People heterozygous for an activating mutation in protein kinase G1 (PRKG1, p.Arg177Gln) develop thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections (TAAD) as young adults.
Boss, Gerry R   +15 more
core   +1 more source

When flexibility is not necessarily a virtue: a review of hypermobility syndromes and chronic or recurrent musculoskeletal pain in children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Chronic or recurrent musculoskeletal pain is a common complaint in children. Among the most common causes for this problem are different conditions associated with hypermobility.
Cattalini, Marco   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

The Marfan Syndrome

open access: yes, 2017
Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder of connective tissue in which abnormalities in the cardiovascular, skeletal, and ocular systems may be present to a highly variable degree. Marfan syndrome is caused by mutations in the FBN1 gene, which affect the structural integrity of the extracellular matrix and weaken the connective tissues ...
Franken, Romy, Mulder, Barbara J. M.
openaire   +1 more source

Carotid artery dissection linked to intermittent apnoeic swimming: A case–control study

open access: yesExperimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection is a rare and potentially devastating cause of cerebral ischaemia, initiated by an intimal tear or rupture of the vasa vasorum, that can lead to an intraluminal thrombus, vascular stenosis, occlusion, or dissecting aneurysm formation.
Damian M. Bailey   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determining the Health Problems of Alaska Military Youth Academy Participants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Alaska Military Youth Academy is an accredited residential high school program that utilizes a quasi-military approach to teach life skills to at-risk youth.
Doughty, Mark W.
core  

Marfan Syndrome: A Case Report

open access: yesCase Reports in Dentistry, 2012
Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant systemic disorder of the connective tissue. Children affected by the Marfan syndrome carry a mutation in one of their two copies of the gene that encodes the connective tissue protein fibrillin-1.
Rajendran Ganesh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Marfan Syndrome Caused by Disruption of the FBN1 Gene due to A Reciprocal Chromosome Translocation [PDF]

open access: gold, 2021
Anna Clara Schnause   +10 more
openalex   +1 more source

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