Seminars in Vascular Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 199-204 , December 2011

Conservative Treatment of Aortic Graft Infection

  • Peter F. Lawrence, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Peter F. Lawrence, Department of Vascular Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 510-6, Los Angeles, CA 90095

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PII: S0895-7967(11)00074-3

doi: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2011.10.014

Seminars in Vascular Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 199-204 , December 2011

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