False aneurysm of the descending aorta due to penetrating injury

Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-226

  Ahat, E ^a   Tuzun, H ^a   Bozkurt, A K ^a,b   Kaynak, K ^a   Erolcay, H A ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DESCENDING AORTA; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAB WOUND;

EID: 0030002011     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-1383(95)00212-X     Document Type: Article

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