The effect of compression therapy on venous haemodynamics in pregnant women

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 563-569

  Büchtemann, Alexandra S ^a   Steins, Anke ^a   Volkert, Birgit ^a   Hahn, Martin ^a   Klyscz, Thomas ^a   Jünger, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHLEBOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEIN DIAMETER;

BANDAGES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VEINS;

EID: 0032986358     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08325.x     Document Type: Article

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