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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Epidemiology
Data from Uppsala University, Department of Surgical Sciences provide new insights into abdominal aortic aneurysm epidemiology
July 10th, 2007
New research, "Elevated tissue plasminogen activator in patients with screening-detected abdominal aortic aneurysm," is the subject of a report. "A population-based case-control study with historical and current data was conducted in a population with a high prevalence of disease to explore the hypothesis that the fibrinolytic system may be involved in the early pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Forty-two patients found to have AAA at population-based screening were compared with 100 controls matched for age and sex," scientists in Uppsala, Sweden report. "Mass concentration of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA mass) and tissue plasminogen...
Source: Drug Law Weekly (2007-07-10)
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