Use of durometry in assessment of venous disease

Phlebology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-99

  Choh, C T P ^a   Wall, M L ^a   Brown, M D ^b   Nicolson, A M ^a   Simms, M H ^a  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CEAP classification; Durometry; Ulceration; Venous disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUROMETER; DUROMETRY; FEMALE; HARDNESS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN ULCER; VEIN DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FEMALE; HARDNESS TESTS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77950383273     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2009.008088     Document Type: Article

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