EpiDex® swiss field trial 2004-2008

Dermatology

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-372

  Ortega Zilic, Natalie ^a   Hunziker, Thomas ^b   Läuchli, Severin ^a   Mayer, Dieter O ^a   Huber, Clarissa ^a   Baumann Conzett, Katrin ^a   Sippel, Kirstin ^a   Borradori, Luca ^b   French, Lars E ^a   Hafner, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autologous; Cell culture; Epidermal equivalent; EpiDex ; Field trial; Leg ulcer; Outer root sheath keratinocytes; Plucked anagen hairs; Skin substitute; Unselected consecutive case series; Venous ulcer; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BASAL CELL; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DEVICE SAFETY; ECZEMA; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FOAM DRESSING; GAUZE DRESSING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STANDARD; SWITZERLAND; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650967380     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321333     Document Type: Article

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