Surveillance intervals for small abdominal aortic aneurysms: A meta-analysis

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 806-813

  Bown, Matthew J ^a   Sweeting, Michael J ^b   Brown, Louise C ^c   Powell, Janet T ^d   Thompson, Simon G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84874382677     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.950     Document Type: Article

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