A genetic study of chronic venous insufficiency

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 636-642

  Serra, Raffaele ^a   Buffone, Gianluca ^a   De Franciscis, Andrea ^a   Mastrangelo, Diego ^a   Molinari, Vincenzo ^a   Montemurro, Rossella ^a   De Franciscis, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VARICOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867062052     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2011.11.036     Document Type: Article

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