Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 643-650 , May 1989

Inflammatory aneurysms of the abdominal aorta: Incidence, pathologic, and etiologic considerations

Presented at the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society, Rochester, Minn., Sept. 23–24, 1988.

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☆ Supported in part by a grant from the American Heart Association/Nebraska chapter.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Antonio V. Sterpetti, MD, or Richard D. Schultz, MD, Department of Surgery, Creighton University, 601 N. 30th St., Omaha, NE 68131.

★ J Vasc Surg 1989;9:643–50.

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Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 643-650 , May 1989

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