Treatment of venous leg ulcers with low frequency pulsed direct current (Dermapulse®): Effects on cutaneous microcirculation;Behandlung von venosen ulzera mit niederfrequentem gepulstem strom (Dermapulse): Effekte auf die kutane mikrozirkulation

Hautarzt

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 897-903

  Jünger, Michael ^a   Zuder, Daniel ^a   Steins, Anke ^a   Hahn, Martin ^a   Klyscz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiency; Cutaneous microcirculation; Low frequency pulsed current; Venous leg ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; ULCER HEALING; BLOOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

OXYGEN;

AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SKIN; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031283014     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001050050682     Document Type: Article

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