Variable venous anatomy of the popliteal fossa demonstrated by duplex scanning

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 901-903

  Farrah, John ^a   Saharay, Mrinal ^a   Georgiannos, Stephen N ^a   Scurr, John H ^a   Coleridge Smith, Philip D ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031752111     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1998.tb04271.x     Document Type: Article

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