A profile of lower-limb deep-vein thrombosis: the hidden menace of below-knee DVT

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 858-863

  Cowell, G W ^a   Reid, J H ^b   Simpson, A J ^a   Murchison, J T ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BORDERS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; LEG THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34447640340     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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