A review of diagnosis and modes of presentation of tropical idiopathic lower limb gangrene

African Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-50

  Musa, Agaba A ^a  

^a USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; GANGRENE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG DISEASE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; THROMBIN TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TROPICAL DISEASE;

AFRICA; GANGRENE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 33747271965     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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