Iliac Hematoma with Femoral Neuropathy: Computerized Tomography Demonstration

Thromb Haemost 1981; 45(01): 099
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650141

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

F M Danza

^*Istituto di Radiologia e Neurologia, 8 Largo Gemelli, 00168 Rome, Italy

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P Falappa

^*Istituto di Radiologia e Neurologia, 8 Largo Gemelli, 00168 Rome, Italy

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A Uncini

^*Istituto di Radiologia e Neurologia, 8 Largo Gemelli, 00168 Rome, Italy

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P Tonali

^*Istituto di Radiologia e Neurologia, 8 Largo Gemelli, 00168 Rome, Italy

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