Familial occurrence of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 637-642

  Salo, Jarmo A ^a   Soisalon Soininen, Sari ^a   Bondestam, Sören ^a   Mattila, Pétri S ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0033586773     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-8-199904200-00003     Document Type: Article

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