Lesson of the week: Cholesterol emboli syndrome

British Medical Journal

Volumn 321, Issue 7268, 2000, Pages 1065-1067

  Dupont, P J ^a   Lightstone, L ^a   Clutterbuck, E J ^a   Gaskin, G ^a   Pusey, C D ^a   Cook, T ^a   Warrens, A N ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERIOGRAPHY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL EMBOLI SYNDROME; EMBOLISM; EOSINOPHILIA; GENDER; HUMAN; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0034727328     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1065     Document Type: Review

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