Treatment of non-healing leg ulcers with honeydew honey

Journal of Tissue Viability

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 94-97

  Mayer, Alexander ^a   Slezak, Viliam ^b   Takac, Peter ^c,d   Olejnik, Juraj ^a   Majtan, Juraj ^c,e  

^a Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d Scientica   (Slovakia)

^e SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Honey; Treatment; Wound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APITHERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HONEY; HONEYDEW HONEY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LOWER LEG; LOWER LEG ULCER; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; WOUND CARE; ANTISEPSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

ANTISEPSIS; HONEY; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908134711     PISSN: 0965206X     EISSN: 18764746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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