Changes in diameter of the abdominal aorta with age: An epidemiological study

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-13

  Grimshaw, Gill M ^a   Thompson, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aneurysms; Aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGING; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031014692     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199701)25:1<7::AID-JCU2>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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