Rupture of the abdominal aorta in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 274-277

  Karkos, Christos D ^a,b   Prasad, Vishal ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Umasankar ^a   Thomson, George J L ^a   Hearn, Alan R ^a  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034057706     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169910047     Document Type: Article

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