Symmetrical peripheral gangrene: a rare but dreadful complication of sepsis.
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Puerperal Gangrene *Read at a Meeting of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society, 10th March 1937.
Peripheral gangrene is, fortunately, a very rare complication of pregnancy and the puerperium. Stein (1916) describes two personal cases and reviews the literature on the subject. In both the cases he describes puerperal sepsis was present ; a severe infection in one patient in whom symmetrical dry gangrene involved both feet. He suggests that the symmetrical gangrene was caused by a thrombus m...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
دوره 167 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002