Recurrence of chronic venous ulcers on the basis of clinical, etiologic, anatomic, and pathophysiologic criteria and air plethysmography

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 723-728

  McDaniel, Huey B ^a,b   Marston, William A ^a,b   Farber, Mark A ^a,b   Mendes, Robert R ^a,b   Owens, Lewis V ^a,b   Young, Mary L ^a,b   Daniel, Patty F ^a,b   Keagy, Blair A ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG ULCER; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULCER HEALING; VEIN SURGERY; BANDAGE; LIFE TABLE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; TIME; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

BANDAGES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0036548561     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.121128     Document Type: Article

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