Management of varicose veins

American Family Physician

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1289-1294

  Jones, Richard H ^a,c   Carek, Peter J ^b  

^a Naval Medical Clinic   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM EXTRACT; RUSCUS ACULEATUS EXTRACT;

AGE; BLOOD RHEOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BURNING SENSATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLOTHING; COMPRESSION GARMENT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; GENDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION; LEG; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; LEG ULCER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHLEBECTOMY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PRURITUS; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROTHERAPY; STANDING; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN SURGERY; VEIN VALVE; VENOUS PRESSURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; SCLEROTHERAPY; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 58149332844     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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