Acute mesenteric ischemia and malpractice claims

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 210-214

  Fink, Sidney ^a,b   Chaudhuri, T K ^a   Davis, Haywood H ^a  

^a Hampton VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; PAPAVERINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MESENTERIC ARTERY OCCLUSION;

EID: 0033953982     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200002000-00012     Document Type: Article

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