May-Thurner syndrome: missed diagnosis and missed early treatment?

Hamostaseologie 2017; 37(03): 184-185
DOI: 10.5482/HAMO-17-02-0009

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Alice Trinchero

¹Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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Sebastian Schotten

²Institute for Diagnostic and Invasive Radiology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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Bernhard Lämmle

¹Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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Michael B. Pitton

²Institute for Diagnostic and Invasive Radiology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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