Leg ulcers in sickle cell disease

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 831-833

  Minniti, Caterina P ^a   Eckman, James ^b   Sebastiani, Paola ^c   Steinberg, Martin H ^c   Ballas, Samir K ^d  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; ZINC SULFATE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULAR ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STROKE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77957653942     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21838     Document Type: Conference Paper

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