Heritability of chronic venous disease

Human Genetics

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 669-674

  Fiebig, Andreas ^a   Krusche, Petra ^a   Wolf, Andreas ^a   Krawczak, Michael ^a   Timm, Birgitt ^a   Nikolaus, Susanna ^a   Frings, Norbert ^b   Schreiber, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Capio Mosel Eifel Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ULCER; VARICOSIS; VEIN DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPE; PREVALENCE; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; VARICOSE VEINS; VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77953412765     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-010-0812-9     Document Type: Article

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