Leg symptoms of somatic, psychic, and unexplained origin in the population-based bonn vein study

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 255-262

  Amsler, F ^a   Rabe, E ^b   Blattler W ^c  

^a Amsler Consulting   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Leg symptoms; Medically unexplained symptom; Venous disorders; Venous leg symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEG DISEASE; LEG SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIC VERSUS SOMATIC VENOUS DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

LEG SYMPTOMS; MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOM; VENOUS DISORDERS; VENOUS LEG SYMPTOMS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BODY WEIGHT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LINEAR MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; VASCULAR DISEASES; VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880922258     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.04.026     Document Type: Article

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