Impact of protein deficiency on venous ulcer healing

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 688-693

  Legendre, Cécile ^a   Debure, Clélia ^a   Meaume, Sylvie ^b   Lok, Catherine ^c   Golmard, Jean Louis ^e   Senet, Patricia ^b,d  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES FOIX   (France)

^c AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SKIN DISEASE; ULCER; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PREALBUMIN; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SERUM ALBUMIN; TIME FACTORS; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 49949118061     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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