Diagnosis and management of varicose veins in the legs: Summary of NICE guidance

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7918, 2013, Pages

  Marsden, Grace ^a   Perry, Mark ^a   Kelley, Kate ^a   Davies, Alun H ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION BANDAGE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LEG ULCER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VARICOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; COMPRESSION BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCLEROTHERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84880890232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f4279     Document Type: Review

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