Wound healing in radiated skin: Pathophysiology and treatment options

International Wound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 246-257

  Olascoaga, Andrea ^a   Vilar Compte, Diana ^b   Poitevin Chacón, Adela ^b   Contreras Ruiz, Jose ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Radiation; Radiotherapy; Skin ulcer

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; AMIFOSTINE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CADEXOMER IODINE; CHAMOMILE; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLODRONIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; GAMMA INTERFERON; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLACEBO; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; POVIDONE IODINE; SUCRALFATE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TOCOPHEROL; VASCULOTROPIN;

BLEEDING; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG MECHANISM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; IONIZING RADIATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN CARE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 44349122501     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2008.00436.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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