Intimal angiosarcoma of the aorta: Report of a case and review of the literature

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 548-553

  Thalheimer, Andreas ^a,b   Fein, Martin ^a   Geissinger, Eva ^b   Franke, Siegfried ^a  

^a Department of Vascular Surgery ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; AORTA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444289989     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.06.035     Document Type: Article

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