Fatal hemorrhage from peripheral varicose vein rupture
Guendalina Gentile; Stefano Tambuzzi; Michele Boracchi; Alessandro Del Gobbo; Paolo Bailo; Riccardo Zoia
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Submitted date:
07/27/2021
Accepted date:
08/28/2021
Publication date:
09/23/2021
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