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Superior vena cava syndrome with concomitant upper extremity deep vein thrombosis

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 956 Court Ave., Suite H314, Memphis, TN, USA

    Glenda Maria Delgado Ramos

  2. Division of Cardiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

    Nureddin Almaddah & Shadwan Alsafwah

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Delgado Ramos, G.M., Almaddah, N. & Alsafwah, S. Superior vena cava syndrome with concomitant upper extremity deep vein thrombosis. Intern Emerg Med 14, 319–320 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-1979-7

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