Suspected acute deep vein thrombosis of the lower limb in outpatients: Considerations for optimal diagnostic approach

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 554-557

  Giannoukas, Athanasios D ^a   Tsetis, Dimitrios ^a   Kostas, Theodoros ^a   Petinarakis, Ioannis ^a   Ioannou, Christos ^a   Touloupakis, Emmanouel ^a   Katsamouris, Asterios N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0042074292     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-003-6882-2     Document Type: Article

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