Abdominal aortic aneurysm as an autoimmune disease

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 947, Issue , 2001, Pages 416-418

  Hirose, Hitoshi ^a,b   Tilson, M David ^a,b  

^a Kobari General Hospital   (Japan)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Autoimmune disease

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY;

EID: 0035680394     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03976.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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