The relationship between cytokine concentrations and wound healing in chronic venous ulceration

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1272-1277

  Gohel, Manjit S ^a   Windhaber, Robin A J ^b   Tarlton, John F ^b   Whyman, Mark R ^a   Poskitt, Keith R ^a  

^a CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; WOUND FLUID; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINES; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 55049130410     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.06.042     Document Type: Article

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