Chronic wound care

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9653, 2008, Pages 1860-1862

  Werdin, Frank ^a   Tenenhaus, Mayer ^b   Rennekampff, Hans Oliver ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CILOSTAZOL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC WOUND; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CURETTAGE; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPITHELIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID DRESSING; INFECTION; MAGGOT THERAPY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEGATIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN ULCER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULCER; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 56649120561     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61793-6     Document Type: Note

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