Early healing rates and wound area measurements are reliable predictors of later complete wound closure

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-22

  Cardinal, Matthew ^a   Eisenbud, David E ^a   Phillips, Tania ^b   Harding, Keith ^c  

^a Advanced BioHealing   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38349149482     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2007.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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