Leg ulcers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - A prospective study of aetiology, wound healing and pain reduction after pinch grafting

Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 816-820

  Oien R F ^a,b   Hakansson A ^b   Hansen, B U ^c  

^a Lyckeby Health Centre   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Leg and foot ulcers; Pain relief; Pinch grafting; Rheumatoid arthritis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AUROTHIOMALATE; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG ULCER; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULITIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034900051     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/40.7.816     Document Type: Article

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