Symptoms, clinical disability scores and reflux in complicated and uncomplicated primary varicose veins

Phlebology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-77

  Saarinen, Jukka ^a   Heikkinen, M ^a   Suominen, V ^a   Virkkunen, J ^a   Zeitlin, R ^a   Rasku, K ^b   Saaristo, R ^a   Vainio, J ^b   Nordback, I ^a   Salenius, J P ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Tampere University Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Hand held Doppler; Primary venous reflux; Varicose veins; Venous surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEAP CLASSIFICATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS REFLUX;

EID: 0038111938     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835503321895370     Document Type: Article

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