Seasonal variation of the abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture in southwestern Greece

International Angiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 155-157

  Kakkos, S K ^a   Tsolakis, J A ^a   Katsafados, P G ^a   Androulakis, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aneurysm ruptured; Aortic aneurysm, abdominal; Aortic rupture; Season

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEASONS;

EID: 0030726642     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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