Pericapillary fibrin deposits and skin hypoxia precede the changes of lipodermatosclerosis in limbs at increased risk of developing a venous ulcer

Vascular

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 372-380

  Stacey, M C ^a,c   Burnand, K G ^a   Bhogal, B S ^a,b   Black, M M ^a,b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

lipodermatosclerosis; pericapillary fibrin deposits; venous ulceration

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LEG ULCER; LIPODERMATOSCLEROSIS; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; CAPILLARIES; DERMIS; FEMALE; FIBRIN; FIBRINOLYSIS; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 0034253778     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721090000800509     Document Type: Article

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