Pectus excavatum and heritable disorders of the connective tissue

<em>Pectus excavatum</em>, the most frequent congenital chest wall deformity, may be rarely observed as a sole deformity or as a sign of an underlying connective tissue disorder. To date, only few studies have described correlations between this deformity and heritable connective tissue...

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Main Authors: Francesca Tocchioni, Marco Ghionzoli, Antonio Messineo, Paolo Romagnoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-09-01
Series:Pediatric Reports
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/pr/article/view/4874