Use of trafermin to treat a skin ulcer after repair of a deep auricular laceration: A case report

Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 345-346

  Tanigawa, Tohru ^a,b   Nakayama, Meiho ^b   Nakamura, Tomohiko ^a   Inafuku, Shigeru ^b  

^a Yoshida General Hospital   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auricular trauma; Basic fibroblast growth factor; Skin ulcer

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EAR INFECTION; EAR INJURY; EAR SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; EAR, EXTERNAL; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 31644447998     PISSN: 09546634     EISSN: 14711753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09546630500375817     Document Type: Article

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