Generalised cutaneous necrosis: A complication of low-molecular-weight heparin

International Wound Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-270

  Patel, Girish K ^a   Knight, Arthur G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heparin necrosis; Skin necrosis; Warfarin necrosis; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MORPHINE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEPARINIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; HYDROGEL; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER LEG; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 28444479867     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4801.2005.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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