Improvement of ulcerative pyoderma gangrenosum with hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 134-136

  Mazokopakis, Elias E ^a   Kofteridis, Diamantis P ^b   Pateromihelaki, Alexia Th ^a   Vytiniotis, Sotirios D ^a   Karastergiou, Pantelis G ^a  

^a Naval Hospital of Crete   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

hyperbaric oxygen; pyoderma gangrenosum; ulcers

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETANERCEPT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LABORATORY TEST; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; WOUND ASSESSMENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MIDDLE AGED; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551513270     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2010.01387.x     Document Type: Article

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