Venous ulcer: Clinical characteristics and risk factors

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 405-411

  Abbade, Luciana P F ^a   Lastória, Sidnei ^a   de Almeida Rollo, Hamilton ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE DURATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LIPODERMATOSCLEROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN EDEMA; ULCER; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ADULT; AGED; DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79952768689     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04654.x     Document Type: Article

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