Severe chronic venous insufficiency treated by foamed sclerosant

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-91

  Pascarella, Luigi ^a,b   Bergan, John J ^a,b,d   Mekenas, Lisa V ^a,c  

^a The Vein Institute of La Jolla   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIDOCANOL; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LIMB; LIPODERMATOSCLEROSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDING; THROMBUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 29744467013     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-005-9381-0     Document Type: Article

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