Guidelines for the diagnosis and therapy of the vein and lymphatic disorders

International Angiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-168

  Agus, G B ^a   Allegra, C ^a   Antignani, P L ^a   Arpaia, G ^a   Bianchini, G ^a   Bonadeo, P ^a   Botta, G ^a   Castaldi, A ^a   Gasbarro, V ^a   Genovese, G ^a   Georgiev, M ^a   Mancini, S ^a   Stillo, F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANOSIDE DERIVATIVE; BIOFLAVONOID; BROMELAIN; CARBAZOCHROME; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; DEFIBROTIDE; DEXTRAN SULFATE; DIOSMIN; DOBESILATE CALCIUM; ESCIN; ETHIBLOC; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARIN; HEPARINOID; HESPERIDIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MESOGLYCAN; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; RUSCUS ACULEATUS EXTRACT; RUTOSIDE; SCLEROSING AGENT; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; SULODEXIDE; TROXERUTIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LASER SURGERY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PELVIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHLEBECTOMY; PHLEBOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REIMBURSEMENT; RUSCUS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELANGIECTASIA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULCER; VALVULOPLASTY; VARICOCELE; VARICOSIS; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN MALFORMATION; VEIN STRIPPING; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ALGORITHMS; BANDAGES; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSE ULCER; VASCULAR DISEASES; VEINS;

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