EJVES Extra
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 24-25 , August 2009

Missile Embolisation Following Shotgun-Inflicted Extremity Trauma

Received 16 February 2009 ,Accepted 24 April 2009.

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PII: S1533-3167(09)00019-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2009.04.005

EJVES Extra
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 24-25 , August 2009

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