Treatment of venous leg ulcers with sulodexide

Phlebologie

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 115-120

  Kucharzewski, Marek ^a   Franek, A ^a   Koziolek H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Sulodexide; Venous leg ulcers

Indexed keywords

SULODEXIDE; VESSEL DUE F;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0242381932     PISSN: 0939978X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1621458     Document Type: Article

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