Review of published information on foam sclerotherapy

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 983-992

  Stücker, Markus ^a   Kobus, Stephan ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Reich Schupke, Stefanie ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; POLIDOCANOL; SCLEROSING AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; FOAM; FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID SCLEROTHERAPY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHLEBECTOMY; PHLEBITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SCOTOMA; SKIN NECROSIS; TASTE DISORDER; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; VARICOSIS; VEIN MALFORMATION;

BANDAGES; CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; PUNCTURES; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 77952508461     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01406.x     Document Type: Review

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