EJVES Extra
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 9-12 , February 2007

Spontaneous Non-traumatic Rupture of a Non-aneurysmatic Infrarenal Abdominal Aorta in a 10-Year Old Girl without Histological Evidence of Connective Tissue or Autoimmune Disease: A Case Report

  • R.A. Pol

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, The Netherlands
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  • H.A.J.M. Kurvers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Medical Center, St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • J.B.G.M. Verheij

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • G. Pals

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Genetics, VU Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • A.M. van der Wal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • J. Boers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • P.J.G. Jörning

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. P.J.G. Jörning, Department of surgery, Isala Clinics, Dr. van Heesweg 2, 8025 AB Zwolle, The Netherlands.

,Accepted 30 July 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2006.07.005

EJVES Extra
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 9-12 , February 2007

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