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Renal artery stenosis in a patient with Leriche syndrome
  1. Soo Ryeong Ryoo1,
  2. Yoo Sun Hong2,
  3. Jinoo Kim3,
  4. Inwhee Park1
  1. 1 Department of Nephrology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, The Republic of Korea
  2. 2 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, The Republic of Korea
  3. 3 Department of Radiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, The Republic of Korea
  1. Correspondence to Dr Inwhee Park, Department of Nephrology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 443-729, The Republic of Korea; inwhee{at}aumc.ac.kr

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-135846

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    • Contributors SRR, YSH, JK and IP were involved in patient care. SRR and IP prepared the manuscript and performed the necessary literature search.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.