Split skin grafts in the treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum: A report of four cases

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 299-302

  Cliff, S ^a,c   Holden, C A ^a   Thomas, P R S ^a   Marsden, R A ^b   Harland, C C ^a  

^a ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MINOCYCLINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN ULCER; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0032944620     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.1999.08193.x     Document Type: Article

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