Chronic ergot toxicity presenting with bilateral external iliac artery dissection and lower extremity rest pain

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 803-808

  Molkara, Afshin M ^a   Abou Zamzam Jr , Ahmed M ^a,b   Teruya, Theodore H ^a   Bianchi, Christian ^a   Killeen, J David ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; ERGOT ALKALOID;

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; LEG BLOOD VESSEL; LEG PAIN; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TOBACCO;

EID: 33845880853     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-006-9133-9     Document Type: Article

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