The epidemiology, pathophysiology, and natural history of chronic venous disease

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-12

  Tran, Nam T ^a   Meissner, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; VARICOSIS; VEIN OCCLUSION; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0036197525     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7967(02)70010-0     Document Type: Article

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