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Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma on Left Femoral Artery After Multiple Femoral Artery Interventions

  • H. Aydin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara Numune Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dr Hakan Aydin, MD, 1. Cadde, Zıraat Mühendıslerı Sıtesı 4, Blok No. 20, Çankaya, 06550 Ankara, Turkey.
    • ,
  • B. Koçer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara Numune Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • S. Erekul

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Ü. Sakinci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara Numune Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

,Accepted 21 February 2006.

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PII: S1533-3167(06)00054-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2006.02.003

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