Leg ulceration in sickle cell disease: Medieval medicine in a modern world

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 943-956

  Serjeant, Graham R ^a,b   Serjeant, Beryl E ^a,b   Mohan, Junette S ^a   Clare, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN III; BACITRACIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DUODERM; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S; HYDROXYUREA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISOXSUPRINE; METHYLXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; NEOMYCIN; OPIATE; POLYMYXIN B; PROPIONYLCARNITINE; SOLCOSERYL; SULFADIAZINE ZINC; TECHNETIUM 99M; TETANUS TOXOID; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; AMNION; ANALGESIA; BED REST; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EDUCATION; FIBROSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; INCIDENCE; LEG ULCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PAPAYA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SIDE EFFECT; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; ULCER HEALING; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; JAMAICA; LEG ULCER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 26444620101     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2005.08.005     Document Type: Review

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