Unusual causes of varicose veins in the lower extremities: CT venographic and doppler US findings

Radiographics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 525-536

  Jung, Seung Chai ^a,b   Lee, Whal ^a,b   Chung, Jin Wook ^a,b   Jae, Hwan Jun ^a,b   Park, Eun Ah ^a,b   Jin, Kwang Nam ^a,b   Shin, Cheong Il ^a,b   Park, Jae Hyung ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 66149137310     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.292085154     Document Type: Article

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