Varicose veins and their management

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7562, 2006, Pages 287-292

  Campbell, Bruce ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; POLIDOCANOL; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

BLEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LEG SWELLING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN DISCOLORATION; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; THROMBOSIS; ULCER; UNITED KINGDOM; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VENOUS REFLUX; BODY IMAGE; CATHETER ABLATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; FEAR; FORECASTING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN ULCER;

BODY IMAGE; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; FEAR; FORECASTING; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; PATIENT EDUCATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN ULCER; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 33747200466     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.333.7562.287     Document Type: Review

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