The pelvic venous syndromes: Analysis of our experience with 57 patients

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 881-888

  Scultetus, Anke H ^a,b,c   Villavicencio, J Leonel ^a,b,c   Gillespie, David L ^a,b,c   Kao, Tzu Cheg ^a,b,c   Rich, Norman M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Walter Reed Army and National Naval Medical Centers   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0036845416     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.129114     Document Type: Article

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