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1986 | OriginalPaper | Hoofdstuk
29. Plantalgias of Vascular Origin
Abstract
Chronic venous insufficiency occurs in obesity and during the menopause and is associated with varicose veins, varicose ulcers and inflammatory phlebitis. It becomes associated with perimalleolar oedema and is aggravated especially in the heavy individual, by prolonged standing on the thickly engorged soles of the feet.