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Serum levels of elastin-derived peptides in patients with ruptured and asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms

E Petersen1, A Gineitis, F Wågberg

  • 1Department of Surgery, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden.

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery : the Official Journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery
|July 20, 2001
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