Chronic Lower Limb Ulcer? No—Chloroma!

The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 168-170

  Rekha, A ^a   Ravi, A ^a   Thanka, J ^a   Kuruvilla, S ^a  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

chloroma; extramedullary myeloid tumor; nonhealing ulcer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993781877     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734603259487     Document Type: Article

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