Case series of use of Manuka honey in leg ulceration

International Wound Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-15

  Gethin, Georgina ^a,b,c   Cowman, Seamus ^b  

^a Clinical Nursing and Midwifery ^*  (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c SLIGO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Honey; Manuka; Ulcer; Wound

Indexed keywords

TOPICAL AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEE EXTRACT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HONEY; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LEG ULCER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; WOUND; WOUND CARE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; HONEY; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; LEPTOSPERMUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 28244477914     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4801.2005.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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