Varicose veins

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 59-61

  Yao, James S T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOGENESIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROTHERAPY; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING; HUMAN; NOTE;

HUMANS; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0038284091     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60221-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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