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Vascular medicine

High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for the treatment of varicose veins and venous leg ulcers – a new non-invasive procedure and a potentially disruptive technology

Mark S. WhiteleyThe Whiteley Clinic, Stirling House, Guildford, Surrey Faculty of Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, SurreyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 509-512 | Received 06 Jun 2019, Accepted 24 Nov 2019, Published online: 06 Dec 2019

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