European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 292-296 , September 2008

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and the Impact of Infectious Burden

  • A. Nyberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sundsvall County Hospital, Sundsvall, Sweden
    • ,
  • E. Skagius

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Sundsvall County Hospital, Sundsvall, Sweden
    • ,
  • E. Englund

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development Center, Sundsvall County Hospital, Sundsvall, Sweden
    • ,
  • I. Nilsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, Sweden
    • ,
  • Å. Ljungh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, Sweden
    • ,
  • A.E. Henriksson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Sundsvall County Hospital, Sundsvall, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Anders Henriksson, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Sundsvall County Hospital, SE-851 86 Sundsvall, Sweden. Tel. +46 60 181430; fax: +46 60 181439.

Received 15 January 2008 ,Accepted 24 April 2008.

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PII: S1078-5884(08)00241-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.04.017

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 292-296 , September 2008

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