EJVES Extra
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 15-18 , August 2007

Peripheral Arterial Lesions in Patient with Sickle Cell Disease

  • M.A. Elsharawy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, King Faisel University, Al-Khober, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dr. M. A. Elsharawy, Professor Vascular Surgery, P O Box 40081, Al-Khobar 31952, Eastern Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
    • ,
  • K.M. Moghazy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, King Faisel University, Al-Khober, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

,Accepted 20 April 2007.

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PII: S1533-3167(07)00019-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2007.04.001

EJVES Extra
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 15-18 , August 2007

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