Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 1022-1027 , May 2008

Thrombosis in unusual sites of the lower extremity veins

Presented at the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the American Venous Forum, San Diego, Calif, Feb 14-17, 2007.

  • Nicos Labropoulos, PhD, DIC, RVT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY
    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Maywood, Ill
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nicos Labropoulos, Professor of Surgery and Radiology, Director, Vascular Laboratory, Department of Surgery, HSC T19 Rm90, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8191.
    • ,
  • Kimon Bekelis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY
    • ,
  • Luis R. Leon Jr, MD, RVT

      Affiliations

    • University of Arizona Health Science Center (AHSC), and Southern Arizona Veteran Affairs Health Care System (SAVAHCS)-Vascular Surgery Section, Tucson, Ariz.

Received 3 August 2007 ,Accepted 16 December 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)02118-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.12.044

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 1022-1027 , May 2008

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