The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 8 , Pages 724-725 , August 2009

A Case of Curious Collaterals

  • Ami Schattner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests should be addressed to Ami Schattner, Department of Medicine, Kaplan Medical Centre, POB 1 Rehovot 76100, Professor of Medicine, The Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Meital Adi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Joshua Friedman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

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 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: None.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing this manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00401-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.01.041

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 8 , Pages 724-725 , August 2009

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