Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 79-85 , January 2003

Does severe venous insufficiency have a different etiology in the morbidly obese? Is it venous?

Presented at the Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the American Association for Vascular Surgery, Boston, Mass, Jun 9-12, 2002.

Received 19 June 2002 ,Accepted 5 September 2002.

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☆ Supported in part by a Merit Review Grant from Rehabilitation Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs.

☆☆ Competition of interest: nil.

★ Reprint requests: Frank Padberg, Jr, MD, Department of Surgery (112), VA NJ Health Care System, 385 Tremont Ave, E Orange, NJ 07018.

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doi: 10.1067/mva.2003.61

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 79-85 , January 2003

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