Aortic rupture in a previously undiagnosed case of the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
โ Scribed by J. G. Blickman; N. Thorne Griscom
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 896 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-0449
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