An increased prevalence of mitral-valve prolapse occurs in several connective tissue dysplasias, including Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and pseudoxanthoma elasticum. We evaluated 57 patients diagnosed as having the Stickler syndrome for mitral-valve prolapse by auscultation and two-dimen
Prevalence of mitral valve prolapse in Stickler syndrome
โ Scribed by Ahmad, Nadeem ;Richards, Allan J. ;Murfett, Helen C. ;Shapiro, Leonard ;Scott, John D. ;Yates, John R.W. ;Norton, Joanne ;Snead, Martin P.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 52 KB
- Volume
- 116A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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