Reduced arterial circulation to the legs in spinal cord injury as a cause of skin breakdown lesions

Angiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-184

  Deitrick, George ^a,b   Charalel, Joseph ^a,c   Bauman, William ^a,b   Tuckman, John ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG ISCHEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK FACTOR; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN DEFECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPINE POSITION; TOBACCO;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 34247631276     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707300353     Document Type: Article

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