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Letter to the Editor| Volume 147, ISSUE 4, P594-595, April 2010

Reply to “Arterial steal in brachiocephalic arteriovenous fistula: Could it be prevented?”

Published:October 12, 2009DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2009.08.003
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