Objective assessment of skin changes in lower limb venous disease using a tissue tonometer

Phlebology

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 108-114

  Farrah, J ^a   Saharay, M ^a   Coleridge Smith, P D ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Wexham Park Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic venous disease; Duplex ultrasound; Lipodermatosclerosis; Tissue tonometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG VEIN; LIPODERMATOSCLEROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 0036969062     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02638602     Document Type: Article

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