Local treatment of venous ulcers with tissue type plasminogen activator containing ointment

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-84

  Zeegelaar, J E ^a   Verheijen, J H ^b   Kerckhaert, J A M ^a   Jankowski, I ^a   Faber, W R ^a  

^a EEMLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chronic venous insufficiency; pericapillary fibrin cuffs; tissue type plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBRINOLYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG ULCER; MICROVASCULATURE; OINTMENT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

CAPILLARIES; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; OINTMENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030943012     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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