Primary lower limb varicosities arising directly from normal deep venous systems: A series report

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 166-169

  Olapade Olaopa, E Oluwabunmi ^a,b   Foy, Dominic M ^a   Dikko, Bello U ^a   Darke, Simon G ^a  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 0034062474     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169910032     Document Type: Article

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