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Is bilateral duplex scanning necessary in patients with symptoms of deep venous thrombosis?

Lubomyr D Lemech1, Charbel Sandroussi, Virginia Makeham

  • 1Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.

ANZ Journal of Surgery
|October 1, 2004
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