Plasma Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Presence: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 686-689

  Takagi, Hisato ^a   Manabe, Hideaki ^a   Kawai, Norikazu ^a   Goto, Shin nosuke ^a   Umemoto, Takuya ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PLAT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UPREGULATION;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UP-REGULATION; BIOMARKERS;

EID: 77953326510     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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