Endovascular Repair of Symptomatic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: a Seminal Case in West Africa

Overview

Journal Ghana Med J

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2022 Aug 12

PMID 35957931

Authors

Lily Wu

Benard O Botwe

Affiliations

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Abstract

Funding: None declared.

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