Evaluation of dermal pericapillary fibrin cuffs in venous ulceration using confocal microscopy

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 503-506

  Kobrin, Kendra L ^a   Thompson, Paul J ^a   Scheur, Martijn Van De ^a   Kwak, Tae Hee ^a   Kim, Saerom ^a   Falanga, Vincent ^a,b  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; FIBRIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN CAPILLARY; TISSUE SECTION; ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FIBRIN; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 47349101879     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2008.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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