Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 742-748 , November 2007

Surgical Pathology of Infected Aortic Aneurysm and Its Clinical Correlation

  • Ron-Bin Hsu
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  • Fang-Yue Lin

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Fang-Yue Lin, MD, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan S. Road, Taipei, Taiwan 100, ROC

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PII: S0890-5096(07)00116-1

doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.01.015

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 742-748 , November 2007

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