Peripheral vascular disease in spinal cord injury patients: A difficult diagnosis

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 495-499

  Yokoo, Karen M ^a   Kronon, Michael ^a   Lewis Jr , Victor L ^a,c   McCarthy, Walter J ^b   McMillan, William D ^b   Meyer Jr , Paul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; LEG; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0029803764     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199611000-00007     Document Type: Article

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