Prevalence of patients with chronic venous disease-related symptoms but without visible signs (described as C0s in the CEAP classification): The Italian experience

Phlebolymphology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-35

  Andreozzi, Guiseppe Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CEAP classification, functional venous insufficiency, epidemiology, venous compliance, venous tone, microcirculation; Functional phlebopathy; Hypotonic phlebopathy; Venous diseases

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC VEIN DISEASE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXPERIENCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MICROCIRCULATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN TONE; VENOUS STASIS;

EID: 29344451890     PISSN: 12860107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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