Treatment of Resistant Venous Stasis Ulcers and Dermatitis with the End-Diastolic Pneumatic Compression Boot

Angiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 47-56

  Dillon, Richard S ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATITIS; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STASIS DERMATITIS; THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; CLOTHING; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0022469924     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: 19401574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331978603700108     Document Type: Article

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