Clinical Image: Takayasu arteritis presenting with subclavian aneurysm
β Scribed by Keith Colvine; Ivor Gerber; Fiona McQueen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 42 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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