Evolving therapies for varicose veins: new standard or hype?

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Franklin S Yau et al. Curr Surg. 2003 May-Jun.

. 2003 May-Jun;60(3):254-9.

doi: 10.1016/s0149-7944(03)00049-7.

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.

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