Treatment of ulcer and difficult wounds of the lower limbs: Our experience;Trattamento delle ulcere e delle ferite difficili dell'arto inferiore: Nostra esperienza

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-141

  Alfano, Carmine ^a   Angelisanti, Matteo ^a   Calzoni, Chiara ^a   Somma, Francesco ^a   Chiummariello, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lower extremity; Ulcer; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84860621560     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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