Multicenter assessment of the repeatability and reproducibility of the revised Venous Clinical Severity Score (rVCSS)

Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 219-224

  Marston, William A ^a   Vasquez, Michael A ^b   Lurie, Fedor ^c   Wakefield, Thomas W ^d   Rabe, Eberhard ^e   Shortell, Cynthia K ^f   Lohr, Joanne M ^g   Passman, Marc A ^h   McLafferty, Robert B ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Jobst Vascular Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

ⁱ SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEAP SCORE; CHRONIC VENOUS DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVISED VENOUS CLINICAL SEVERITY SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 84879220080     PISSN: 2213333X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2012.10.059     Document Type: Article

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