Do not forget the distal lower limb veins in screening patients with spinal cord injuries for deep venous thromboses

Angiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-81

  Germing, Alfried ^a   Schakrouf, Mahmud ^a   Lindstaedt, Michael ^a   Grewe, Peter ^b   Meindl, Renate ^a   Mügge, Andreas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Neumarkt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distal deep venous thrombosis; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCREENING; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 73449142481     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319709333224     Document Type: Article

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