Improvement of signs and symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency and microangiopathy with Pycnogenol®: A prospective, controlled study

Phytomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 835-839

  Cesarone, M R ^a   Belcaro, G ^a   Rohdewald, P ^b   Pellegrini, L ^a   Ledda, A ^a   Vinciguerra, G ^a   Ricci, A ^a   Ippolito, E ^a   Fano, F ^a   Dugall, M ^a   Cacchio, M ^a   Di Renzo, A ^a   Hosoi, M ^a   Stuard, S ^a   Corsi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic venous disease; Leg swelling; Pycnogenol; Varicose veins; Venous hypertension; Venous microangiopathy

Indexed keywords

PYCNOGENOL;

ADULT; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; PAIN; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCEROGENESIS; VARICOSIS; VENOUS PRESSURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANKLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDEMA; FLAVONOIDS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; OXYGEN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PINUS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 77955980547     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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