Recurrent varicose veins of both lower limbs due to bilateral ovarian vein incompetence

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 397-400

  Giannoukas, Athanasios D ^a,b   Dacie, Janet E ^a   Lumley, John S P ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; OVARIAN VEIN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0033914311     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169910075     Document Type: Article

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