Valvular density alone cannot account for sites of chronic venous insufficiency and ulceration in the lower extremity

Microcirculation

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 347-354

  Aharinejad, Seyedhossein ^a   Nedwed, Stephan ^a   Michlits, Wolfgang ^a   Dunn, Raymond ^b   Abraham, Dietmar ^a   Vernadakis, Adam ^b   Marks Jr , Sandy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion casting; Lower extremity; Venous valves

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN; VARICOSIS; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORROSION CASTING; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0035491298     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mn.7800099     Document Type: Article

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