Value of wound biopsy in chronic venous ulceration

Phlebology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-68

  Miller, D R ^a   Enoch, S ^a   Williams, D T ^a   Price, P E ^a,b   Harding, K G ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Wound Healing Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Biopsy; Marjolin's ulcer; Squamous cell carcinoma; Venous ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BIOPSY; BOWEN DISEASE; CHRONIC VENOUS ULCER; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULCER; ULCER HEALING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 3042573596     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835504323080326     Document Type: Review

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