Dermatologic Complications of Chronic Venous Disease: Medical Management and Beyond

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 652-662

  Barron, Gregory S ^a   Jacob, Sharon E ^b   Kirsner, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BACITRACIN; CLIOQUINOL; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; NEOMYCIN; OXANDROLONE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; STANOZOLOL; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

AMPUTATION; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INHIBITION; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; LIPODERMATOSCLEROSIS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PAIN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PIGMENTED PURPURIC DERMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; VENOUS DERMATITIS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HUMANS; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 34548275408     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.07.002     Document Type: Review

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