Varicose veins of the lower limbs and venous capacitance in postmenopausal women: Relationship with obesity

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 965-968

  Iannuzzi, Arcangelo ^a,b,c,d   Panico, Salvatore ^a,b,c,d   Ciardullo, Anna V ^a,b,c,d   Bellati, Cristina ^a,b,c,d   Cioffi, Vincenzo ^a,b,c,d   Iannuzzo, Gabriella ^a,b,c,d   Celentano, Egidio ^a,b,c,d   Berrino, Franco ^a,b,c,d   Rubba, Paolo ^a,b,c,d  

^a Cava De' Tirreni and Amalphitan Coast Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c National Cancer Institute   (Italy)

^d ASL Modena   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CAPACITANCE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0036846127     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.128315     Document Type: Article

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