Healing effect of ketanserin on chronic leg ulcers in patients with diabetes

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-281

  Quatresooz, P ^a   Kharfi, M ^b   Paquet, P ^a   Vroome, V ^c   Cauwenbergh, G ^c   Piérard, Gerald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c Barrier Therapeutics   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ketanserin; Microvasculature; Serotonin; Ulcer; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

KETANSERIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC FOOT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; KETANSERIN; LEG ULCER; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33645985140     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01422.x     Document Type: Article

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