Pinch grafting of leg ulcers in primary care

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 438-439

  Öien, Rut F ^a,d   Hansen, Bjarne U ^b   Håkansson, Anders ^c  

^a Lyckeby Health Centre   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Lyckeby Health Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Primary health care; Skin transplantation methods; Treatment outcome; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULCER HEALING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031764159     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155598442737     Document Type: Article

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