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Venous Ulcers Associated with Superficial Venous Insufficiency

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  1. Department of Vascular Diseases, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

    Gudmundur Danielsson MD, PhD

  2. John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Bo Eklöf MD, PhD

  3. University of Lund, Sweden

    Bo Eklöf MD, PhD

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Section of Vascular Medicine, Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK

    George Geroulakos MD, FRCS, DIC, PhD (President and Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Senior Lecturer) (President and Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Senior Lecturer)

  2. Department of Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK

    George Geroulakos MD, FRCS, DIC, PhD (President and Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Senior Lecturer) (President and Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Senior Lecturer)

  3. Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Hero van Urk MD, PhD, FRCS (Professor of Vascular Surgery) (Professor of Vascular Surgery)

  4. Division of Vascular Surgery, UMDNJ-NJMS (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey — New Jersey Medical School), Newark, New Jersey, USA

    Robert W. Hobson II MD (Professor of Surgery and Physiology, Director) (Professor of Surgery and Physiology, Director)

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Danielsson, G., Eklöf, B. (2006). Venous Ulcers Associated with Superficial Venous Insufficiency. In: Geroulakos, G., van Urk, H., Hobson, R.W. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer, London . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-211-X_46

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