Abdominal aortic aneurysm

American Family Physician

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1198-1206

  Upchurch Jr , Gilbert R ^a,b   Schaub, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULTRASOUND;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33645544040     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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