Radiation-induced Skin Injury on the Upper Arm Following Cardiac Interventional Radiology: A Review and Case Report

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Megumi Takikawa, MD; Masaki Nambu, MD; Naoto Yamamoto, MD, PhD; Ryuichi Azuma, MD; Tomoharu Kiyosawa, MD, PhD
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The authors are from the Department of Plastic Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.

Address correspondence to:
Tomoharu Kiyosawa, MD, PhD
Department of Plastic Surgery
National Defense Medical College
3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama
359 8513 Japan
xoo@ndmc.ac.jp



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