Diagnosis and treatment of chronic venous ulcer: Research status and new strategies

Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-8

  Wang, Shen Ming ^a   Yao, Chen ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pathogenesis; Treatment; Ulcer; Venous disease

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; PENTOXIFYLLINE; POLIDOCANOL; SULODEXIDE; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULCER HEALING; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION; VEIN SURGERY;

CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 33947278812     PISSN: 1000503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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