Editor's Choice - European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2020 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Vascular Graft and Endograft Infections.
Chakfe, Nabil; Diener, Holger; Lejay, Anneet al.
2020 • In European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 59 (3), p. 339-384
Kolh, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biochimie et physiologie générales, humaines et path.
Editor's Choice - European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2020 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Vascular Graft and Endograft Infections.
Publication date :
2020
Journal title :
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
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