Wound teleconsultation in patients with chronic leg ulcers

Dermatology

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-217

  Salmhofer, Wolfgang ^a,b   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^a   Gabler, Gerald ^a   Rieger Engelbogen, Karin ^a   Gunegger, Dieter ^a   Binder, Barbara ^a   Kern, Thomas ^a   Kerl, Helmut ^a   Soyer, H Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronic leg ulcers; Teledermatology; Wound teleconsultation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEPATHOLOGY;

EID: 17244371518     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083512     Document Type: Article

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