Variations in lower limb venous anatomy: Implications for US diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis

Radiology

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 443-448

  Quinlan, Daniel J ^a   Alikhan, Raza ^b   Gishen, Philip ^a   Sidhu, Paul S ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Thrombosis; Veins; Venography

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; LEG THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POPLITEAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0042343642     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2282020411     Document Type: Article

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