Leg ulcers: A common problem with sometimes uncommon etiologies

Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 43-53

  Bowman, Paul H ^a   Hogan, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BURN SCAR; CASE REPORT; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEG ULCER; NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0032998570     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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