Family history and risk of hospital treatment for varicose veins in Sweden

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 948-953

  Zoller B ^a,c   Ji, J ^a   Sundquist, J ^a,b   Sundquist, K ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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EID: 85027941111     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.8779     Document Type: Review

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