Prevalence, risk factors, and clinical correlates of ulnar artery occlusion in the general population

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1333-1339

  Carpentier, Patrick H ^a   Biro, Christine ^a   Jiguet, Myriam ^a   Maricq, Hildegard R ^b  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLEN TEST; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULNAR ARTERY OCCLUSION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RAYNAUD DISEASE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; ULNAR ARTERY; VIBRATION;

EID: 70649105469     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.07.076     Document Type: Article

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