Leg ulcers

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-88

  Paquette, Dana ^a,b   Falanga, Vincent ^a,b  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; GOLD; GROWTH FACTOR; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLAMINE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; STANOZOLOL; STREPTOKINASE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

BIOENGINEERING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SKIN GRAFT; ULCER;

EID: 0036143090     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0690(03)00035-1     Document Type: Review

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