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[Functional phlebological diagnosis using light reflection rheography]
Light-reflexion rheography is a method which can confirm or invalidate the results of clinical examination and which, in any case, makes it possible to approach the diagnosis of haemo-dynamic disorders much more precisely. The author describes this technique and gives an account of the results obtained by applying this method to the various types of superficial or deep, complicated or uncomplicated, varicose veins.
Light-reflexion rheography is a method which can confirm or invalidate the results of clinical examination and which, in any case, makes it possible to approach the diagnosis of haemo-dynamic disorders much more precisely. The author describes this technique and gives an account of the results obtained by applying this method to the various types of superficial or deep, complicated or uncomplicated, varicose veins.
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