Spontaneous haemothorax: A cause of sudden death in von Recklinghausen's disease

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 877, 1998, Pages 679-681

  Griffiths, A P ^a   White, Janine ^a   Dawson, Allan ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemothorax; Neurofibromatosis; Sudden death; Von Recklinghausen's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0031737283     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.74.877.679     Document Type: Article

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