Natural History of Syphilitic Aortitis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1578-1587

  Roberts, William Clifford ^a,b   Ko, Jong Mi ^a   Vowels, Travis James ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DESCENDING AORTA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AORTA; AORTA, THORACIC; AUTOPSY; HUMANS; SYPHILIS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TEXAS;

EID: 71649105332     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.031     Document Type: Article

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