EJVES Extra
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 22-24 , August 2007

Lateral External Carotid Artery: Implications for the Vascular Surgeon

  • M.A. Bailey

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Worsley Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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  • D.J.A. Scott

      Affiliations

    • Leeds Vascular Institute, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3GX, UK
    • ,
  • R.G. Tunstall

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Biological Sciences, Worsley Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
    • ,
  • M.J. Gough

      Affiliations

    • Leeds Vascular Institute, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3GX, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Mr. M. J. Gough, ChM, FRCS, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Leeds Vascular Institute, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds, W Yorks LS1 3EX, UK.

,Accepted 18 March 2007.

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PII: S1533-3167(07)00021-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2007.03.005

EJVES Extra
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 22-24 , August 2007

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