The venous valves of the lower limbs

Phlebolymphology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 87-95

  Caggiati, Alberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Human venous valve; Microvein; Morphology; Varicose disease

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ENDOTHELIAL PROTEIN C RECEPTOR; THROMBOMODULIN;

AGE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM; GENETICS; HEART BEAT; LEG VEIN; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN VALVE; VEIN WALL;

EID: 84876074833     PISSN: 12860107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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