Venous duplex scanning for unilateral symptoms: When do we need a contralateral evaluation?

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-23

  Miller, N ^a   Obrand, D ^a   Tousignant, L ^a   Gascon, I ^a   Rossignol, M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bilateral study; Deep vein thrombosis; Duplex scan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; JOINT SURGERY; LEG THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TUMOR;

EID: 0031884666     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-5884(98)80067-1     Document Type: Article

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