The Effect of aging on venous valves

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2075-2080

  Van Langevelde, Kirsten ^a   Šrámek, Alexandr ^b   Rosendaal, Frits R ^a,b  

^a Department of Clinical Epidemiology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aging; ultrasonic diagnosis; venous thrombosis; venous valves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VEIN VALVE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VENOUS VALVES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957694142     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.110.209049     Document Type: Article

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