Clinical assessment of infection in nonhealing ulcers analyzed by latent class analysis

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 350-353

  Lorentzen, Henrik F ^a   Gottrup, Finn ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; ULCER HEALING; VARICOSIS; VASCULITIS; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ULCER; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33745574415     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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