The peripheral resistance in arteries of legs is inversely proportional to the severity of chronic venous insufficiency

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-25

  Malanin, Ken ^a,b   Haapanen, Arto ^a   Kolari, Pertti J ^a   Helander, Inkeri ^a   Havu, Väinö K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

arteriovenous shunting; duplex scanning

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ARTERIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LEG ULCER; MALE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031013289     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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