Ten years of experience in chronic ulcers and malignant transformation

International Wound Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 447-450

  Onesti, Maria G ^a   Fino, Pasquale ^a   Fioramonti, Paolo ^a   Amorosi, Vittoria ^a   Scuderi, Nicolò ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Chronic wound; Malignant transformation; Marjolin's ulcer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN ULCER; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SQUAMOUS CELL; VERY ELDERLY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 84942551842     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iwj.12134     Document Type: Article

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