Morphometric analysis of skin microvasculature in the diabetic foot

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-104

  Yusof, Mohd Imran ^a   Al Astani, A D ^a   Jaafar, H ^a   Rashid, F A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic foot; Endothelial cells; Microvasculature; Skin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOMETRICS; SKIN BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 40749134616     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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