Ultrasound evaluation of acute experimental and chronic clinical wounds

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 228-236

  Rippon, M G ^a   Springett, K ^b   Walmsley, R ^a  

^a Deeside Industrial Estate   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Healing and non healing wounds; Monitoring; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPITHELIZATION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MONITORING; SKIN ULCER; WOUND; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032728021     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.1999.tb00135.x     Document Type: Article

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