Symptomless abdominal aortic aneurysm in the elderly.
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Symptomless abdominal aortic aneurysm in the elderly.
Our perception of the age at which a patient becomes elderly is liable to alter when policemen start to look younger but more objective changes have also been at work. Because of lower birth rates and increased life expectation people over 65 now comprise 15% of the population of England and Wales. Immunisation, antibiotics and improved social conditions have eliminated or emasculated many dise...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.65.767.640