A prospective, multicentre, randomised controlled study of human fibroblast-derived dermal substitute (Dermagraft) in patients with venous leg ulcers

International Wound Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 132-137

  Harding, Keith ^a   Sumner, Michael ^b   Cardinal, Matthew ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Shire Regenerative Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroblasts; Skin; Ulcer; Venous ulcer; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN FIBROBLAST DERIVED DERMAL SUBSTITUTE; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN ULCER; ULCER HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CANADA; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84875502724     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iwj.12053     Document Type: Article

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