Diseases of the aorta

Advances in Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue , 1999, Pages 267-291

  Beekman, Joshua A ^a   O'Gara, Patrick T ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS;

EID: 0032615868     PISSN: 00652822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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