Rapid healing of chronic venous stasis leg ulcers treated by the application of a novel serum-free cultured autologous epidermis

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 464-474

  Wille, John J ^a   Burdge, Jeremy J ^b   Pitttelkow, Mark R ^c  

^a Bioplast Medical LLC   (United States)

^b Grant Hospital   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SERUM; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENOUS STASIS; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79960076112     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2011.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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