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Gender disparity in radial and femoral arterial size: an ultrasound study

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, 17th Street and 1st Avenue, 10003, New York, NY, USA

    Taro Minami & Hiroshi Sekiguchi

  2. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, 17th Street and 1st Avenue, 10003, New York, NY, USA

    Lewis A. Eisen, Paul H. Mayo & Mangala Narasimhan

  3. Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    Jeffrey S. Berger

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Correspondence to Lewis A. Eisen.

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Partial funding for this project was provided by the Dina and Rafael Racanati Fund. The work was performed at Beth Israel Medical Center. No author involved with the creation of this manuscript reports any conflict of interest.

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Minami, T., Eisen, L.A., Berger, J.S. et al. Gender disparity in radial and femoral arterial size: an ultrasound study. Intensive Care Med 33, 552–553 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0503-0

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