creators_name: Marya, KM
creators_name: Yadav, V
creators_id: Marya KM
creators_id: Yadav V
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_name: Baliga, Shantaram
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
editors_id: Baliga BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2007-04-26
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:50
metadata_visibility: show
title: Squatting -An Unusual Cause Of Popliteal Artery Thrombosis
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Popliteal artery, Thrombosis
abstract: We report a case of acute popliteal artery occlusion in a young male farmer as a result of prolonged squatting
date: 2007-03
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal Of Health And Allied Sciences
volume: 5
number: 4
publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Marya, KM and Yadav, V  (2007) Squatting -An Unusual Cause Of Popliteal Artery Thrombosis.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/5497/1/2006-4-5.pdf