Foam sclerotherapy for reticular veins and nontruncal varicose veins of the legs: A retrospective review of outcomes and adverse effects

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 1026-1033

  Palm, Melanie D ^a,b   Guiha, Isabella C ^a   Goldman, Mitchel P ^a  

^a Dermatology & Cosmetic Laser Associates of La Jolla   (United States)

^b Altman Dermatology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COUGHING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LEG VARICOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR VEIN; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; STROKE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; VARICOSIS; VISUAL DISORDER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 77952940625     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01496.x     Document Type: Review

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