Skin grafting followed by low-molecular-weight heparin long-term therapy in chronic venous leg ulcers

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190-197

  Serra, Raffaele ^a   Buffone, Gianluca ^a   De Franciscis, Andrea ^a   Mastrangelo, Diego ^a   Vitagliano, Tiziana ^a   Greco, Manfredi ^a   De Franciscis, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; SELEPARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84856546501     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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