Peripheral gangrene in infancy and childhood.
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Peripheral gangrene in infancy and childhood.
A 5-month-old infant with symmetrical gangrene of the extremities was recently admitted to the Hospital for Sick Children. This condition is now rare in the paediatric age group, and only three other children with similar features have been seen at this hospital in the past 15 years. Peripheral vascular obstruction due to primary arterial disease would appear to be a significant cause of limb g...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1967
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5553.700-c