Oral zinc for arterial and venous leg ulcers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Wilkinson, Ewan A J ^a  

^a Department of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC SULFATE; ASTRINGENT AGENT; ZINC;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG EFFICACY; EPITHELIZATION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LEG ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; META ANALYSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ASTRINGENTS; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WOUND HEALING; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 84942743833     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001273.pub3     Document Type: Review

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