Incidence and histologic characteristics of blebs in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-101

  Hunter, G C ^a   Smyth, S H ^a   Aguirre, M L ^a   Baxter, B T ^a   Bull, D A ^a   King, D D ^a   Wang, Y P ^a   Hall, K A ^a   Putnam, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029743846     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(96)70149-0     Document Type: Article

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