Systematic review and meta-analysis of growth rates of small abdominal aortic aneurysms

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 609-618

  Powell, J T ^a   Sweeting, M J ^b   Brown, L C ^a   Gotensparre, S M ^a   Fowkes, F G ^c   Thompson, S G ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79953700562     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7465     Document Type: Review

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