An open trial of calcium dobesilate in patients with venous ulcers and stasis dermatitis

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-152

  Kaur, Charandeep ^a   Sarkar, Rashmi ^a,b   Kanwar, Amrinder J ^a   Attri, Ashok K ^a   Dabra, Ajay K ^a   Kochhar, Suman ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b PGI Campus ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBESILATE CALCIUM; HEMOSTATIC AGENT;

ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DERMATITIS; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG SWELLING; MUSCLE CRAMP; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRURITUS; RANK SUM TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; STUDENT T TEST; ULCER; URINALYSIS; VARICOSIS; ADULT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM DOBESILATE; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 0038542130     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01709.x     Document Type: Article

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