Chronic venous insufficiency in Italy: The 24-cities Cohort study

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 422-429

  Chiesa, R ^a   Marone, Enrico Maria ^a,e   Limoni, C ^b   Volonte M ^c   Schaefer, E ^d   Petrini, O ^d  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c Boehringer Ingelheim Italia SpA   (Italy)

^d BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiency; Cross sectional study; Duplex ultrasonography; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELANGIECTASIA; VARICOSIS; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TELANGIECTASIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 24344496575     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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