Severe chronic venous insufficiency: Magnitude of the problem and consequences

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 705-711

  Tsai, Susan ^a   Dubovoy, Anna ^a   Wainess, Reid ^a   Upchurch Jr , Gilbert R ^a   Wakefield, Thomas W ^a   Henke, Peter K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE;

EID: 24044450289     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-005-5425-8     Document Type: Article

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