Duplex ultrasound investigation of the veins in chronic venous disease of the lower limbs - UIP Consensus Document. Part I: Basic principles

Phlebology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 158-167

  Coleridge Smith, P ^a,c   Labropoulos, N ^a   Partsch, H ^b   Myers, K ^a   Nicolaides, A ^a   Cavezzi, A ^a  

^a University of Vienna ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Valley Nuffield Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic venous disease; Consensus document; Duplex ultrasonography; Venous system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VARICOSIS; VEIN DISEASE; VENOUS REFLUX;

EID: 33845502497     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835506779115780     Document Type: Article

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