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Venous Disease Management and Therapies

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Chronic venous diseases afflict many people all over the world. Telangiectasias and reticular veins are considered as early manifestations of chronic venous disease. In this chapter, different causes and early manifestations of chronic venous diseases are discussed.

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  1. Westlake Dermatology Clinical Research Center, Westlake Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery, Austin, TX, USA

    Daniel P. Friedmann & Chloe Safaian

  2. Division of Dermatology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA

    Sarah E. Nichols

  3. Dermatology Department, The King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Salman M. S. Alsaad

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Friedmann, D.P., Safaian, C., Nichols, S.E., Alsaad, S.M.S. (2020). Venous Disease Management and Therapies. In: Smoller, B., Bagherani, N. (eds) Atlas of Dermatology, Dermatopathology and Venereology . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45134-3_91-1

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