Management of chronic venous leg ulcers: A literature-guided approach

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 19-26

  Margolis, David J ^a   Cohen, Julia H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALAMINE; COLLAGEN DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLYCEROL; KETANSERIN; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; RUTOSIDE; S METHYLMETHIONINE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFATE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANDAGES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIURETICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RUTIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; VARICOSE ULCER; VITAMINS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0028157776     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0738-081X(94)90253-4     Document Type: Article

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