Primary varicose veins: The sapheno-femoral junction, distribution of varicosities and patterns of incompetence

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-59

  Cooper, D G ^a   Hillman Cooper, C S ^a   Barker, Stephen G E ^a   Hollingsworth, S J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long saphenous vein; Primary varicose veins; Sapheno femoral junction; Venous incompetence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCHOOL CHILD; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0037271664     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1782     Document Type: Article

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