Rupture of the abdominal aorta in a 13-year-old girl secondary to Behçet disease: A case report

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 901-902

  Kutay, Veysel ^a,b,c   Yakut, Cevat ^a,b   Ekim, Hasan ^a,b  

^a Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic ^*

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADOLESCENT; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 1642464758     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2003.12.020     Document Type: Article

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