Gender differences in relative dilatation of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 564-568

  Forbes, Thomas L ^a   Lawlor, D Kirk ^a   Derose, Guy ^a   Harris, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845657332     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-006-9079-y     Document Type: Article

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