Splenic infarction: Report of three cases of atherosclerotic embolization originating in the aorta and retrospective study of 64 cases

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 395-402

  Frippiat, F ^a   Donckier, J ^a   Vandenbossche, P ^a   Stoffel, M ^a   Boland, B ^b   Lambert, M ^b  

^a Cliniques de Mont Godinne   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SPLEEN INFARCTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030471583     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/22953337.1996.11718537     Document Type: Article

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