UNUSUAL COMPLICATIONS IN SIBLINGS WITH MARFANOID PHENOTYPE

Citation
Dgh. Desilva et al., UNUSUAL COMPLICATIONS IN SIBLINGS WITH MARFANOID PHENOTYPE, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 75(3), 1996, pp. 247-248
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
ISSN journal
00039888
Volume
75
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
247 - 248
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9888(1996)75:3<247:UCISWM>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Marfan's syndrome has diverse manifestations that overlap with those s een in other connective tissue disorders. Visceral diverticula have be en described only once in four adults with marfanoid features of reces sive inheritance. Two siblings of a consanguineous marriage with marfa noid features, visceral diverticula, and diaphragmatic eventration are reported.