Cutaneous Hyperpigmentation after Endovenous Laser Therapy: A Case Report and Literature Review

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 637-639

  Mekako, Anthony ^a   Chetter, Ian ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PHLEBECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARICOSIS;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 34548236810     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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