Which venous leg ulcers will heal with limb compression bandages?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-19

  Margolis, David J ^a   Berlin, Jesse A ^a   Strom, Brian L ^a  

^a Ctr Clin Epidemiol B   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; BANDAGES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034725725     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00379-X     Document Type: Article

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