Aloe vera for treating acute and chronic wounds

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2012, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Dat, Anthony D ^a   Poon, Flora ^a   Pham, Kim BT ^a   Doust, Jenny ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAMYCETIN; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALOE; BANDAGE; BIOPSY; BURN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECUBITUS; DRUG EFFECT; GEL; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SKIN; TIME; WOUND HEALING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALOE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BANDAGES; BIOPSY; BURNS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FRAMYCETIN; GELS; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRESSURE ULCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84861322311     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008762.pub2     Document Type: Article

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