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Fragility of Life: Recurrent Intestinal Perforation Due to Vascular Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome

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  1. Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive Rm H3691, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Lindsay A. Sceats, Andrew Shelton & Cindy Kin

  2. Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Preeti A. Sukerkar

  3. Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive Rm H2210, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Shyam S. Raghavan & Alaleh Esmaeili Shandiz

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Sceats, L.A., Sukerkar, P.A., Raghavan, S.S. et al. Fragility of Life: Recurrent Intestinal Perforation Due to Vascular Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome. Dig Dis Sci 64, 2120–2123 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-019-5467-3

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