A study to compare disease-specific quality of life with clinical anatomical and hemodynamic assessments in patients with varicose veins

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 374-382

  Shepherd, Amanda C ^a   Gohel, Manj S ^a   Lim, Chung S ^a   Davies, Alun H ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ETIOLOGIC ANATOMICAL AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL SCORE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT FORM 12; SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE AND OUTCOME RESPONSE QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VENOUS CLINICAL SEVERITY SCORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOSE VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251594943     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.09.022     Document Type: Article

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