Hyperhomocysteinemia, aortic thrombus, and peripheral arterial emboli - A case report

Angiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 599-603

  Sindhav, Jivantika B ^a   Comp, Philip C ^a   Chandrasekaran, Krishnaswamy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ENZYME DEFECT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; ILIAC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; LEG ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0032805895     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979905000710     Document Type: Article

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