Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 680-687 , September 2008

Distribution and prevalence of reflux in the superficial and deep venous system in the general population – results from the Bonn Vein Study, Germany

Presented at the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the American Venous Forum, San Diego, Calif, Feb 14-17, 2007.

  • Uldis Maurins, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Paula Stradina University Hospital of Riga, Riga, Latvia
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  • Barbara H. Hoffmann, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany
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  • Christian Lösch, Dipl Math

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany
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  • Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Prof Dr

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany
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  • Eberhard Rabe, Prof Dr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Eberhard Rabe, Prof Dr, Department of Dermatology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn Germany
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  • Felicitas Pannier, Dr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany

Received 27 November 2007 ,Accepted 10 April 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00630-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.04.029

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 680-687 , September 2008

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