Etiology and diagnosis of bilateral leg edema in primary care

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 192-197

  Blankfield, Robert P ^a,d   Finkelhor, Robert S ^a,b   Jeffrey Alexander, J ^a,b   Flocke, Susan A ^a   Maiocco, Jan ^c   Goodwin, Meredith ^a   Zyzanski, Stephen J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University Hospitals Primary Care Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEG EDEMA; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; URINALYSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; OHIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0032168366     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(98)00235-6     Document Type: Article

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