Three cases with May-Thurner syndrome: A possibly under-reported disorder

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-151

  Dogan, Omer Faruk ^a,b   Boke, E ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Birlik Mahallesi 59 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endoluminal stenting; May Thumer syndrome

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; LEG EDEMA; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LIMB DISEASE; MAY THURNER SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STENOSIS; STENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 20444490817     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.34.2.147     Document Type: Article

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