Aluminum foil treatment combined with basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) for gangrene of the fingertip caused by collagen disease

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 312-314

  Muneuchi, Gan ^a   Suzuki, Shigehiko ^b   Igawa, Hiroharu H ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum foil; Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF); Collagen disease; Fingertip; Gangrene

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; RECOMBINANT BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; ALUMINUM FOIL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; EPITHELIZATION; FINGER; GANGRENE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN ULCER; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DEBRIDEMENT; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FINGERS; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS, INGROWN; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; VASCULAR DISEASES; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27844522324     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 11013923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0284431051006367     Document Type: Article

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