Vertebral Artery Aneurysm Rupture and Hemothorax in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type-1: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Journal Heliyon

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 2019 Aug 14

PMID 31406942

Citations 2

Authors

Hael F Abdulrazeq

Ira M Goldstein

Samer T Elsamna

Beth A Pletcher

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