Reproducibility of ultrasound measurement of the abdominal aorta

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1517-1525

  Beales, L ^a   Wolstenhulme, S ^a   Evans, J A ^a   West, R ^a   Scott, D J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84860389961     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7628     Document Type: Review

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