Addition of chitosan may improve the treatment efficacy of triple bandage and compression in the treatment of venous leg ulcers

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-79

  Sandoval, Mauricio ^a   Albornoz, Claudia ^a   Muñoz, Sonia ^a   Fica, Mirta ^a   García Huidobro, Isidora ^a   Mertens, Renato ^a   Hasson, Ariel ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHITOSAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEG ULCER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHITOSAN; COMPRESSION BANDAGES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 80053005290     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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