Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages S54-S67 , December 2007

Primary chronic venous disorders

  • Mark H. Meissner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Mark H. Meissner, MD, Department of Surgery, Box 356410, University of Washington Medical Center, 1589 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195.
    • ,
  • Peter Gloviczki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
    • ,
  • John Bergan, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of California San Diego Medical School Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, Calif
    • ,
  • Robert L. Kistner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Straub Foundation Kistner Vein Clinic, Honolulu, Hawaii
    • ,
  • Nick Morrison, MD

      Affiliations

    • Morrison Vein Institute, Scottsdale Ariz
    • ,
  • Felizitas Pannier, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    • ,
  • Peter J. Pappas, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey, Newark, NJ
    • ,
  • Eberhard Rabe, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    • ,
  • Seshadri Raju, MD

      Affiliations

    • private practice in Flowood, Miss, Jackson, Miss
    • ,
  • J. Leonel Villavicencio, MD

      Affiliations

    • Uniformed Services University School of Medicine Walter Reed Army and National Naval Medical Centers, Bethesda, Md.

Received 16 September 2006 ,Accepted 19 August 2007.

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