Natural history of abdominal aortic aneurysm with and without concomitant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;Abdominale aortaaneurismers naturhistorie med og uden coeksisterende kronisk obstruktiv lungelidelse

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 161, Issue 33, 1999, Pages 4627-4631

  Lindholt, Jes S ^a   Heickendorff, Lene ^a   Antonsen, Steen ^a   Vammen, Sten ^a   Fasting, Helge ^a   Henneberg, Eskild W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ELASTIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; ELASTIN; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0033575580     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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