Role of saphenous vein wall in the pathogenesis of primary varicose veins

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-224

  Elsharawy, Mohamed A ^a   Naim, Magda M ^b   Eiman M , Abdelmaguid ^a   Al Mulhim, Abdulmohsen A ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Collagen; Elastin; Smooth muscle cells; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTIMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; VARICOSIS; VEIN VALVE; VEIN WALL;

EID: 34247105861     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.136937     Document Type: Conference Paper

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