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Chronic Visceral Artery Obstruction Associated with Hypoplastic Aorta in a Pair of Monozygotic Twins

  • H. Ito

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. H. Ito, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamamatsu Medical Center, 328 Tomitsuka, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8580, Japan.
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  • K. Yamamoto
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  • T. Hiraiwa

,Accepted 5 September 2006.

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PII: S1533-3167(06)00083-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2006.09.007

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