Pathology, diagnosis, and classification of pressure ulcers: Comparing clinical and imaging techniques

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 365-372

  Nixon, Jane ^a   Cranny, Gillian ^a   Bond, Senga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; TISSUE PERFUSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE ULCER; SKIN;

EID: 23044509094     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1067-1927.2005.130403.x     Document Type: Article

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