Venae perforantes: A clinical review

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 931-942

  Van Neer, Pierre Antonius Franciscus Alexius ^a   Veraart, Joep Cristianus Jacobus Maria ^b   Neumann, Hendrik Arent Martino ^c   Duffy, David M ^d  

^a LAURENTIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Laurentius Ziekenhuis ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PERFORATING VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; ULCER; VARICOSIS; VEIN; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN LIGATION; VENOUS CIRCULATION; VENOUS REFLUX;

HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSE ULCER; VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0043235954     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29273.x     Document Type: Review

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