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Comment
. 2020 Jul:134:1-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.05.002. Epub 2020 May 18.

Arterial thrombosis and coronavirus disease 2019 in a patient with cancer

Rami Nassabein  1 , Bertrand Routy  1 , Normand Blais  1 , Jean-Pierre Ayoub  1 , Mustapha Tehfé  2
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Arterial thrombosis and coronavirus disease 2019 in a patient with cancer

Rami Nassabein et al. Eur J Cancer. 2020 Jul.
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Conflict of interest statement None of the authors has any conflict of interest to disclose concerning this case.

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Fig. 1
Scan of the thorax and abdomen showing the aortic thrombi at different levels as filling defects pointed by arrows.
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