An elderly woman with a non-healing ulcer

American Family Physician

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2163-2165

  Khachemoune, Amor ^a   Welsh, Raymond ^a   Ehrsam, Eric ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG ULCER; MARJOLIN ULCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; ULCER HEALING; VENOUS STASIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 20444374789     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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