Common alternative diagnoses in general practice when deep venous thrombosis is excluded

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 130-135

  ten Cate Hoek, A J ^a   van der Velde, E F ^b   Toll, D B ^c   van Weert, H C P M ^b   Moons, K G M ^c   Buller H R ^b   Hoes, A W ^c   Joore, M A ^a   Oudega, R ^c   Prins, M H ^a   Stoffers, H E J H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternative Diagnoses; Deep Venous Thrombosis; General Practice

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COUMARIN; DIURETIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; MYCOSIS; PELVIS TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPLITEAL CYST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPERFICIAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

CELLULITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84860206862     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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