Senescence and the healing rates of venous ulcers

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1206-1211

  Stanley, Andrew ^a   Osler, Turner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VARICOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELL AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035374607     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.115379     Document Type: Article

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