Painful leg ulceration: A prospective, longitudinal cohort study

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 186-191

  Briggs, Michelle ^a   Bennett, Michael I ^b   Closs, S José ^a   Cocks, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b St Gemma's Hospice ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEEDS ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPATHIC SYMPTOM AND SIGN; LEG ULCER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; ULCER HEALING; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33847709541     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2007.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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