Quality of life in patients with chronic venous disease: San Diego population study

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1047-1053

  Kaplan, Robert M ^a   Criqui, Michael H ^b   Denenberg, Julie O ^b   Bergan, John ^b   Fronek, Arnost ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LEG; LIPODERMATOSCLEROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SAMPLING; TELANGIECTASIA; TROPHIC ULCER; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0037696267     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2003.168     Document Type: Article

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