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Volume 11, Issue 6 , Pages 110-111 , June 2006

A Rare Cause of Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome

  • T.D. Reid

      Affiliations

    • Cardiff Regional Vascular Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dr Tom Reid, MB, BCh, Senior House Officer in Vascular Surgery, 28 Grangemoor Court, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, UK.
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  • A.M. Wood

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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  • R.J. Whiston

      Affiliations

    • Cardiff Regional Vascular Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK

,Accepted 2 March 2006.

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PII: S1533-3167(06)00053-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2006.03.001

EJVES Extra
Volume 11, Issue 6 , Pages 110-111 , June 2006

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