Is bilateral ultrasound scanning of the legs necessary for patients with unilateral symptoms of deep vein thrombosis?

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 792-797

  Garcia, Nicholas D ^a   Morasch, Mark D ^a,b   Ebaugh, James L ^a   Shah, Somal ^a   Blackburn, Donna ^a   Astleford, Patricia ^a   Matsumura, Jon S ^a   Yao, James S T ^a   Pearce, William H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cardiology Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035513812     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.118805     Document Type: Article

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