Comparison of the wound area assessment methods in the diabetic foot syndrome

Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 3-15

  Molik, Maria ^b   Foltyński, Piotr ^b   Ładyzyński, Piotr ^b   Tarwacka, Justyna ^a   Migalska Musiał, Karolina ^b   Ciechanowska, Anna ^b   Sabalińska, Stanisława ^b   Młynarczuk, Mirosława ^a   Wójcicki, Jan M ^b   Krzymień, Janusz ^a   Karnafel, Waldemar ^a  

^a Department and Clinic of Gastroenterology and Metabolic Diseases MUW ^*  (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic foot syndrome; Wound area assessment; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650590341     PISSN: 02085216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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