Leg perforator vein incompetence: Functional anatomy

Radiology

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 327-334

  Delis, Konstantinos T ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GASTROCNEMIAL VEIN; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEG VEIN; LIMB BLOOD VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORATING VEIN; PERFORATOR VEIN INCOMPETENCE; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PERONEAL VEIN; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLEAL VEIN; TIBIAL VEIN; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VEIN VALVE; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 15944375477     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2351031598     Document Type: Article

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