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. 2024 Mar;39(2):135-138.
doi: 10.1177/02683555231211092. Epub 2023 Oct 29.

Sclerotherapy: Indications and safety volumes

Matthew Tan  1 , Hernan Bauza Moreno  2 , Beate Bechter-Hugl  3 , Sergio Gianesini  4 , David Connor  5 , Kurosh Parsi  5 , Alun H Davies  1
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Sclerotherapy: Indications and safety volumes

Matthew Tan et al. Phlebology. 2024 Mar.
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Keywords: chronic venous disease; foam sclerotherapy; guideline; sclerotherapy.

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Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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