Skin, veins and legs

Phlebologie

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 344-355

  Neumann, H A Martino ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiency; Microcirculation; Skin alterations

Indexed keywords

PLASMA PROTEIN;

ABLATION THERAPY; CAPILLARY; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEG; MASSAGE; REVIEW; SCLEROSIS; SKIN; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN ULCER; THERMOABLATION; VARICOSIS; VEIN; WALKING;

EID: 83655165331     PISSN: 0939978X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1621790     Document Type: Review

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