Seasonal variations in the onset and healing rates of venous leg ulcers

Phlebology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-34

  Simka, M ^a  

^a Private Healthcare Institution SANA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Leg ulcer; Seasonal variations; Venous insufficiency; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; ULCER HEALING; WINTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 76149107834     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2009.008072     Document Type: Article

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