Comparison of venous reflux in the affected and non-affected leg in patients with unilateral venous ulceration

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 513-515

  Bradbury, A W ^a,b   Brittenden, J ^a   Allan, P L ^a   Ruckley, C V ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; LEG; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL VEIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0030006039     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830426     Document Type: Article

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