Urology
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 1371-1372.e1

Spontaneous Renal Artery Dissection Complicating With Renal Infarction

  • Tsung-Han Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
    • Taichung Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jung-Tsung Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
    • Taichung Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sung-Yuan Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan
    • National Taichung Nursing College, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sung-Yuan Hu, M.D., No. 160, Sec. 3, Chung-Kang Rd., Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China 00407; tel: 886 4 2359 2525 ext 3664; fax: 886 4 2359 4065
    • ,
  • Chih-Chung Chao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Tse Tsan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan
    • National Taiwan University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzu-Chieh Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan
    • National Taiwan University, Taiwan

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PII: S0090-4295(10)00049-X

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.12.059

Urology
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