Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 455-460 , April 2009

The Corona Mortis, a Frequent Vascular Variant Susceptible to Blunt Pelvic Trauma: Identification at Routine Multidetector CT

Received 14 March 2008 ,Revised 25 December 2008 ,Accepted 5 January 2009.

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 From the 2007 SIR annual meeting.

 None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(09)00009-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.01.007

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 455-460 , April 2009

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