Pulmonary embolism in patients with isolated soleal vein thrombosis

Angiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 759-764

  Ohgi, Shigetsugu ^a,b   Tachibana, Maromi ^a,b   Ikebuchi, Masahiko ^a,b   Kanaoka, Yasushi ^a,b   Maeda, Teruo ^a,b   Mori, Tohru ^a,b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POPLITEAL VEIN;

EID: 0031722113     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979804901008     Document Type: Article

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