The effect of medical elastic compression stockings with different slope values on edema. Measurements underneath three different types of stockings

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 244-247

  Van Geest, A J ^a   Veraart, J C J M ^a   Nelemans, P ^a   Neumann, H A M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG EDEMA; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0034019053     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.09200.x     Document Type: Article

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