Investigation of current trend of AAA treatment in Korea

Journal of the Korean Surgical Society

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-130

  Park, Yang Jin ^a   Kim, Nari ^a   Kim, Young Wook ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Prevalence; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958139130     PISSN: 12260053     EISSN: 20930488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4174/jkss.2011.80.2.125     Document Type: Article

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