title: [Functional venous insufficiency: diagnosis and treatment (review of the literature)].
abstract: Reviewed herein are the available literature data concerning functional venous insufficiency (phlebopathies). Part I analyses the data on terminology, epidemiology, effect on quality of life, aetiology and pathogenesis, risk factors, as well as possible methods of diagnosis of this pathological condition.
  
  
  METHODS
  search in the MEDLINE database by means of the PubMed system.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Pliukhin
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Zolotukhin
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003935:Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012431:Rutin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D053828:Stockings, Compression; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D012431:Rutin