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Vascular

Objective measurements of pelvic venous reflux and stratification of severity of venous reflux in pelvic congestion syndrome due to pelvic venous reflux

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Pages 2089-2091 | Received 17 May 2017, Accepted 17 May 2017, Published online: 19 Jun 2017

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