Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Pages 748-750 , November 2009

Does the Clinical Examination Predict Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Disease?

  • William Kenneth Milne, MD, MSc, CCFP-EM

      Affiliations

    • McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Andrew Worster, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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PII: S0196-0644(08)02110-0

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.12.018

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Pages 748-750 , November 2009

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