New concepts on recurrence of varicose veins according to the different treatment techniques

Phlebologie - Annales Vasculaires

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 54-60

  De Maeseneer, M G R ^a,b   Biemans, A A ^a   Pichot, O ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Pathophysiology; Recurrence; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893981604     PISSN: 00318280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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