A clinicopathological study of familial abdominal aortic aneurysms

International Angiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-32

  Origuchi, N ^a   Shigematsu, H ^a   Hatakeyama, T ^a   Nunokawa, M ^a   Yasuhara, H ^a   Muto, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGE; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029918647     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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