Prospective epidemiological study on the beginning of varicose veins Bochum study I-IV

Phlebologie

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-25

  Schultz Ehrenburg, U ^a   Reich Schupke, S ^a   Robak Pawelczyk, B ^a   Rudolph, T ^a   Moll, C ^a   Weindorf, N ^b   Hirche, H ^c   Altmeyer, P ^a   Stucker, M ^a,d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b St Elisabeth Hospital   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

CEAP; Longitudinal vein study; Preclinical saphenous refluxes; Risk factor of puberty; Varicogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCHOOL CHILD; VARICOSIS; VENOUS REFLUX;

EID: 65949112918     PISSN: 0939978X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1622252     Document Type: Article

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