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Extensive Left Iliac Veins and Inferior Vena Cava Thrombosis Revealing a Giant Uterine Myoma Cover

Extensive Left Iliac Veins and Inferior Vena Cava Thrombosis Revealing a Giant Uterine Myoma

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|Mar 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2016-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2501-062X | Journal ISSN: 1220-4749
Language: English
Page range: 70 - 73
Submitted on: Jul 8, 2015
Published on: Mar 2, 2016
Published by: N.G. Lupu Internal Medicine Foundation
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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