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Inflammatory Aneurysms of the Abdominal Aorta

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Vascular Surgery

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  1. Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

    A. Nevelsteen MD, PhD, FRCS, K. Daenens MD & I. Fourneau MD

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  1. Department of Vascular Surgery Athens University Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Christos D. Liapis MD, FACS, FRCS

  2. Division of Vascular Surgery, Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Mülheim, Germany

    Klaus Balzer MD

  3. Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

    Fabrizio Benedetti-Valentini MD

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    José Fernandes e Fernandes MD, PhD (Chief of Service) (Chief of Service)

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Nevelsteen, A., Daenens, K., Fourneau, I. (2007). Inflammatory Aneurysms of the Abdominal Aorta. In: Liapis, C.D., Balzer, K., Benedetti-Valentini, F., Fernandes e Fernandes, J. (eds) Vascular Surgery. European Manual of Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30956-7_30

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