Duplication of the great saphenous vein: A definition problem and implications for therapy

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-82

  Kockaert, Michael ^a   De Roos, Kees Peter ^b   Van Dijk, Lucas ^c   Nijsten, Tamar ^a   Neumann, Martino ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DermaPark ^*  (Netherlands)

^c HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUPLICATION OF THE GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEIN MALFORMATION;

HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 84855552797     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2011.02154.x     Document Type: Article

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