Chronic venous disease is more aggressive in patients with varicocele

Acta Phlebologica

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 57-60

  Serra, R ^a,b   Grande, R ^b   Buffone, G ^b   Costanzo, G ^a   Damiano, R ^a   De Franciscis, S ^a,b  

^a Magna Grecia University   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lower extremity; Varicocele; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC VENOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; VARICOCELE; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 84887412973     PISSN: 1593232X     EISSN: 18271766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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