Healing of refractory leg ulcer in a patient with thalassemia intermedia and hypercoagulability after 14 years of unresponsive therapy

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 316-318

  Levin, Carina ^a   Koren, Ariel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE; ALENDRONIC ACID; ALFACALCIDOL; ALLOPURINOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; CALCIUM; DEFEROXAMINE; FOLIC ACID; GUANOSINE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYUREA; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPERSPLENISM; LEG ULCER; LOW DRUG DOSE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLENECTOMY; THERAPY RESISTANCE; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; THROMBOPHILIA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79957652924     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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