Nicorandil: From ulcer to fistula into adjacent organs

International Wound Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 210-213

  Trechot, Philippe ^a   Petitpain, Nadine ^a   Guy, Claire ^b   Pinzano, Astrid ^c   Javot, Lucie ^a   Schmutz, Jean Luc ^a   Marie, Béatrice ^a   Barbaud, Annick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^c Lorraine institute of cancerology Vand uvre lès Nancy   (France)

Author keywords

Fistula; Nicorandil; Pathogenesis; Scar; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

NICORANDIL; NICOTINAMIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; NICOTINIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NITRATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; ULCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICORANDIL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULCER; VASODILATOR AGENTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84875486799     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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