Thrombosis of the aorta caused by mucormycosis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 1180-1182

  Kalayjian, Robert C ^a   Herzig, Roger H ^a   Cohen, Alan M ^a   Hutton, Max C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; THROMBOSIS;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0023777634     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-198809000-00028     Document Type: Article

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