Familial abdominal aortic aneurysms in the Otago region of New Zealand

Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 241-248

  Rossaak, J I ^a   Hill, T M ^a   Jones, G T ^a   Phillips, L V ^a   Harris, E L ^a   Van Rij, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Age; Familial; Genetics; Phenotypic differences; Risk factors; Sex

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SMOKING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035037959     PISSN: 09672109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-2109(00)00140-X     Document Type: Article

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