Silver treatments for leg ulcers: A systematic review

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-173

  Chambers, Holly ^a   Dumville, Jo C ^a   Cullum, Nicky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTICOAT 7; ALGOSTERIL; ALGOSTRIL; AVANCE; CONTREET; DUODERM; PLACEBO; SILVACEL; SILVER DERIVATIVE; SILVERCEL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TRIPEPTIDE COPPER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULCER HEALING; WOUND DRESSING;

BANDAGES; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33847747090     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2007.00201.x     Document Type: Review

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