Non-vascular claudication: A clinical conundrum

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-89

  Fasih, T ^a   Pickin, M ^a   Cuschieri, R J ^a  

^a DONCASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FEMOROFEMORAL BYPASS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0037347550     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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