Responsiveness of individual questions from the venous clinical severity score and the Aberdeen varicose vein questionnaire

Phlebology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-51

  Lattimer, C R ^a   Kalodiki, E ^a   Azzam, M ^a   Geroulakos, G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CEAP clinical class; Chronic venous insufficiency; Quality of life; Varicose veins; Venous severity score

Indexed keywords

ABERDEEN VARICOSE VEIN QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; ULCER; VARICOSIS; VENOUS CLINICAL SEVERITY SCORE;

CEAP CLINICAL CLASS; CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS SEVERITY SCORE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899584955     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2012.012080     Document Type: Article

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