Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages e53-e56 , January 2011

Aneurysms in the arteries of the upper extremity in a Kenyan population

  • Julius A. Ogeng'o

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi, P. O. Box 00100 – 30197. Tel.: +254 20 442368.
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  • Beda Otieno

Received 2 September 2009 ,Revised 4 January 2010 ,Accepted 7 January 2010.

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 Financial support: Funding for this study was not received from any external source. The expenses were met by the authors.

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doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2010.01.009

Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages e53-e56 , January 2011

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