Treatment of chronic venous leg ulcers by platelet gel

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Ficarelli, Elena ^a   Bernuzzi, Gino ^b   Tognetti, Elena ^a   Bussolati, Ovidio ^c   Zucchi, Alfredo ^a   Adorni, Daniela ^b   De Panfilis, Giuseppe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Parma Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic venous ulcers; Platelet derivatives; Platelet gel

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; PLATELET GEL; THROMBIN;

DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EPITHELIZATION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 47749086325     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2008.00196.x     Document Type: Review

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