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Acute aortitis with spinal artery aneurysms detected by contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

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    Damir Erkapic MD, Johannes Rixe, Johannes Strunk, Christian W. Hamm & Thorsten Dill

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Erkapic, D., Rixe, J., Strunk, J. et al. Acute aortitis with spinal artery aneurysms detected by contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. Clin Res Cardiol 98, 59–61 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-008-0714-1

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