Quantitative study of capillary density in the skin of the foot in peripheral vascular disease

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 342-348

  Lamah, M ^a,b   Mortimer, P S ^a   Dormandy, J A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPILLARIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; SKIN;

EID: 0033014834     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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