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Delayed Formation and Rupture of a Pseudoaneurysm After Transjugular Liver Biopsy in a Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Patient: Imaging and Endovascular Treatment

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Dillon, B.J., Alomari, A.I. Delayed Formation and Rupture of a Pseudoaneurysm After Transjugular Liver Biopsy in a Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Patient: Imaging and Endovascular Treatment. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 32, 377–380 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-008-9444-z

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