Chronic venous insufficiency and venous ulceration

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 374-383

  Alguire, Patrick C ^a,c   Mathes, Barbara M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Varicose ulcer; Venous circulation, of the leg; Venous insufficiency, chronic

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION THERAPY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; LEG ULCER; PANNICULITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LEG; UNITED STATES; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0030982104     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-5087-4     Document Type: Review

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