Aortic dilation in Sotos syndrome: An underestimated feature?

Lidia Pezzani^{1

2}, Lucia Mauri³, Angelo Selicorni⁴, Angela Peron^{5

6}, Marina Grasso⁷, Alessia C Codazzi⁸, Alessandro Rimini⁹, Paola G Marchisio^{1

10}, Domenico Coviello⁷, Anna Colli³, Donatella Milani¹

Affiliations

¹ Unità di Pediatria ad Alta Intensità di Cura, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy.
² Laboratorio di Genetica Medica, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
³ Unità di Cardiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Unità di Pediatria, Presidio S. Fermo, ASST Lariana, Como, Italy.
⁵ Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Neuropsichiatria Infantile-Centro Epilessia, Ospedale San Paolo, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
⁷ U.O.C. Laboratorio di Genetica Umana, IRCCS Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
⁸ Cardiologia Pediatrica, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico "San Matteo", Pavia, Italy.
⁹ IRCCS Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

Lidia Pezzani et al. Am J Med Genet A. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;182(7):1819-1823.

doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61591. Epub 2020 Apr 14.

¹ Unità di Pediatria ad Alta Intensità di Cura, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy.
² Laboratorio di Genetica Medica, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
³ Unità di Cardiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Unità di Pediatria, Presidio S. Fermo, ASST Lariana, Como, Italy.
⁵ Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Neuropsichiatria Infantile-Centro Epilessia, Ospedale San Paolo, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
⁷ U.O.C. Laboratorio di Genetica Umana, IRCCS Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
⁸ Cardiologia Pediatrica, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico "San Matteo", Pavia, Italy.
⁹ IRCCS Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

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