Injection drug use: An understudied cause of venous disease

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1305-1309

  Pieper, Barbara ^a   Kirsner, Robert S ^b   Templin, Thomas N ^a   Birk, Thomas J ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; CELLULITIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG USE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJECTION DRUG USE; INJURY; JOINT FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SKIN; ULCER; VEIN DISEASE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VASCULAR DISEASES; VEINS;

EID: 35349001131     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.10.1305     Document Type: Review

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