The importance of uniform venous terminology in reports on varicose veins

Phlebolymphology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 130-139

  Vasquez, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Consensus; Outcomes; Terms; Varicose veins; Venous disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEEP VEIN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORATING VEIN; PERIPHERAL VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERFICIAL INGUINAL VEIN; TELANGIECTASIA; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN; VENOUS CLINICAL SEVERITY SCORE;

EID: 84856897171     PISSN: 12860107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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