Variable seasonal peaks for different types of aortic dissection?

Heart

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 640-

  Kobza, R ^a   Ritter, M ^a   Seifert, B ^b   Jenni, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWITZERLAND; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036900668     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.88.6.640     Document Type: Article

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