Fibroblast growth factor as therapy for critical limb ischemia: A case report

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-91

  Cooke, John P ^a   Bhatnagar, Ritu ^a   Szuba, Andrzej ^a   Rockson, Stanley G ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Peripheral arterial disease; Strain gauge plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG ISCHEMIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WALKING;

EID: 0033064074     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358836x9900400206     Document Type: Article

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