Prevalence and clinical significance of posterolateral thigh perforator vein incompetence

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 743-748

  Labropoulos, N ^a   Delis, K ^a   Mansour, M A ^a   Kang, S S ^a   Buckman, J ^a   Nicolaides, A N ^a   Baker, W H ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THIGH; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0030657079     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(97)70085-5     Document Type: Article

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