Spinal cord injury increases the risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-252

  Gordon, Ian L ^a,c   Kohl, Cheryl A ^b   Arefi, Mahbod ^a   Complin, Rebecca A ^b   Vulpe, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0029903156     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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