title: Introduction to the 'VEINS' supplement.
authors.affiliation: President, Venous Forum, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK gerard.stansby@nuth.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stansby
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods; D006113:United Kingdom; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000473:pathology*