A national survey of practice patterns in the noninvasive diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Blebea, J ^a   Kihara, T K ^a   Neumyer, M M ^a   Blebea, J S ^a   Anderson, K M ^a   Atnip, R G ^a   Savrin, R ^a   Salles Cunha, S X ^a   Mattos, M ^a   Hirsch, A T ^a   Zierler, R E ^a   Bendick, P J ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032948702     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(99)70206-5     Document Type: Article

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