Abdominal aortic aneurysms - A complex genetic disease

Aneurysms: Types, Risks, Formation and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 35-93

  Nischan, Jennifer ^a   Lenk, Guy M ^a   Boddy, Amy M ^a   Lillvis, John H ^a   Tromp, Gerard ^a   Kuivaniemi, Helena ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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