Variations in the anatomical distribution of peripheral vascular disease according to gender

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 306-309

  Morris Stiff, Gareth ^a   Ogunbiyi, Samuel ^a   Rees, Jonathan ^a   Davies, Colin J ^a   Hicks, Eryl ^a   Lewis, Michael H ^a  

^a ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteriography; Demographics; Peripheral vascular disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79960341500     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588411X571999     Document Type: Article

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