The Venous Ulcer and the Superficial Venous Reflux

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 198-200

  Guarnera, Giorgio ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

duplex scanning; perforating veins incompetence; primary varicose veins; venous ulcer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993782453     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734604272076     Document Type: Article

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