How to diagnose and treat haemorrhagic skin necrosis

Wounds UK

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 40-54

  Patel, Girish K ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutaneous necrosis; Haemorrhagic skin necrosis; Thrombosis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN III; PROTEIN C;

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC SKIN NECROSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN SURGERY; WOUND CARE;

EID: 37749011203     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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