Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 739-742 , October 2001

Extracranial carotid aneurysm in Takayasu's arteritis

Received 8 January 2001 ,Accepted 4 April 2001.

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☆ Competition of interest: nil.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Dr Tetsuro Miyata, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan (e-mail: miyata-2su@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp ).

★ Published online Aug 13, 2001.

PII: S0741-5214(01)72449-4

doi: 10.1067/mva.2001.116808

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 739-742 , October 2001

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