Rhythmic external compression of the limbs: A method for healing cutaneous ulcers in systemic sclerosis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1540-1543

  Filho, João Potério ^a,b   Sampaio Barros, Percival Degrava ^a,b   Parente, José Ben Hur Ferraz ^a,b   Menezes, Fábio Hüsemann ^a,b   Potério, Glória Braga ^a,b   Samara, Adil Muhib ^a,b   Marques Neto, João Francisco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Department of Vascular Surgery ^*

Author keywords

Ischemic ulcers; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LEG COMPRESSION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031881091     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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