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An uncommon cause of acute flank pain: renal infarction

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  1. Department of Internal and Emergency Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A.Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart School of Medicine, Largo Agostino Gemelli, 8, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Giuseppe De Matteis, Federica Cutillo, Angelo Santoliquido & Giovanni Gambassi

  2. Department of Bioimaging and Radiological Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A.Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart School of Medicine, Largo Agostino Gemelli, 8, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Andrea Contegiacomo

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De Matteis, G., Cutillo, F., Contegiacomo, A. et al. An uncommon cause of acute flank pain: renal infarction. Intern Emerg Med 14, 485–488 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-2001-0

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