Quality of life in different stages of chronic venous insufficiency and leg ulcer

Dermatology and Psychosomatics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 126-131

  Zschocke, Ina ^a   Bross, F ^a   Maier, K ^a   Vanscheidt, W ^a   Augustin, M ^a  

^a IFKS Inst Res Mgmt/Clinic Stud   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiency; Psychosocial stress; Quality of life; Venous leg ulcer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHLEBOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL LIFE; STRESS;

EID: 0036419810     PISSN: 14229196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066583     Document Type: Article

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