Hydroxyurea associated leg ulcer succesfully treated with hyperbaric oxygen in a diabetic patient

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-145

  Akinci, B ^a   Yesil, S ^a   Atabey, A ^a   Ilgezdi, S ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Yesilyurt Ataturk Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Hydroxyurea; Leg ulcer

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYDROXYUREA; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LEG ULCER; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA;

EID: 33947162544     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-956164     Document Type: Article

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