Gravitational syndrome and tensile properties of skin in the elderly

Dermatology

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 317-320

  Pierard Franchimont C ^a   Letawe, C ^a   Fumal, I ^a   Van Cromphaut, I ^a   Pierard G E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Edema; Gravitational syndrome; Tensile properties; Venous insufficiency

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; SUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGED; AGING; BANDAGES; EDEMA; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYNDROME; TENSILE STRENGTH; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0032424691     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018024     Document Type: Article

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