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Vascular surgery in the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

WG Tennant  and
JA Murie
WG Tennant*
Affiliation:
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
JA Murie
Affiliation:
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
*
WG Tennant, West Lothian NHS Trust, St John's Hospital at Howden, Howden Road West, Livingstone EH54 6PP, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , November 1994 , pp. 311 - 316
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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