International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 156-161 , 14 August 2009

Maternal complication of pregnancy in Marfan syndrome

  • Laure Pacini

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Référence National Syndrome de Marfan et apparentés⁎, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP, Faculté Paris 7, 75018 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Frank Digne

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Référence National Syndrome de Marfan et apparentés⁎, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP, Faculté Paris 7, 75018 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Ariane Boumendil

      Affiliations

    • Service d'informatique locale, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, Faculté Paris-Ile-de-France-Ouest, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
    • ,
  • Christine Muti

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Référence National Syndrome de Marfan et apparentés⁎, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP, Faculté Paris 7, 75018 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Delphine Detaint

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Référence National Syndrome de Marfan et apparentés⁎, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP, Faculté Paris 7, 75018 Paris, France
    • Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP, Faculté Paris 7, 75018 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Catherine Boileau

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Référence National Syndrome de Marfan et apparentés⁎, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP, Faculté Paris 7, 75018 Paris, France
    • Service de Biochimie, d'Hormonologie et de Génétique Moléculaire, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, Faculté Paris-Ile-de-France-Ouest, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
    • ,
  • Guillaume Jondeau

      Affiliations

    • Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP, Faculté Paris 7, 75018 Paris, France
    • Centre de Référence National Syndrome de Marfan et apparentés⁎, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP, Faculté Paris 7, 75018 Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Centre de Référence National Syndrome de Marfan et apparentés, Hôpital Bichat, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France. Tel.: +33 1 40 25 68 10; fax: +33 1 40 25 67 32.

Received 30 October 2007 ,Revised 14 April 2008 ,Accepted 23 April 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.04.035

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 156-161 , 14 August 2009

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