Augmentation in lower extremity sonography for the detection of deep venous thrombosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 419-422

  Lockhart, Mark E ^a   Sheldon, Hayley I ^a   Robbin, Michelle L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 15944380099     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.2.01840419     Document Type: Article

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