Physical diagnostics - Homans's sign;Fysische diagnostiek - Her teken van Homans

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 143, Issue 37, 1999, Pages 1861-1863

  Levi, M ^a   Hart, W ^a   Buller H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HOMAN SIGN; HUMAN; MYALGIA; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; LEG; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

HUMANS; LEG; PAIN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0033546759     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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