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New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1295, 2009, Pages 61-63

  Lewis, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCLEROSING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; EXERCISE; NEW ZEALAND; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELANGIECTASIA; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; SCLEROTHERAPY; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 67649999351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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