Inflammatory aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. A thirty-year review;Gli aneurismi infiammatori dell'aorta addominale. Revisione della letteratura dell'ultimo trentennio

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 290-301

  Cavallaro, Antonino ^a,b   Sapienza, Paolo ^a   Di Marzo, Luca ^a   Mosiello, Giovanni ^a   Marchetti, Gabriele ^a   La Fauci, Massimiliano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Atherosclerotic aneurysm; Inflammatory aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTITIS; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035317311     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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