Varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-301

  Partsch, Hugo ^a  

^a NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

CEAP classification; Chronic venous disorders; Chronic venous insufficiency; Leg ulcer; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ATROPHY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIPODERMATOSCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBECTOMY; POSTTHROMBOSIS SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TELANGIECTASIA; ULCER; VARICOSIS; WHITE ATROPHY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCLEROTHERAPY; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 73149121553     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.38.4.293     Document Type: Review

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