Nicorandil and ulcerations: The Trojan horse?

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 925-926

  Trechot, P ^a   Claeys, A ^b   Petitpain, N ^a   Javot, L ^a   Schmutz, J L ^b   Barbaud, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN; MINOXIDIL; NICORANDIL; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; NICOTINIC ACID; PAPAIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SUGAR; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD FLOW; BRACE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CIRCUMCISION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HARTMANN PROCEDURE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEG INJURY; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULCER; ULCER HEALING; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NICORANDIL; SKIN ULCER; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84862757967     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04172.x     Document Type: Letter

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