Influence of sex on expansion rate of abdominal aortic aneurysms

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 310-314

  Mofidi, R ^a   Goldie, V J ^a   Kelman, J ^a   Dawson, A R W ^a   Murie, J A ^a   Chalmers, R T A ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33947261722     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5573     Document Type: Article

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