Hydrocolloid dressings for healing venous leg ulcers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ribeiro, Cibele T D ^a   Fregonezi, Guilherme A F ^a   Resqueti, Vanessa R ^b   Dornelas de Andrade, Armele ^b   Dias, Fernando A L ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; EPITHELIZATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LEG ULCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; ULCER HEALING; WOUND CARE;

EID: 85014540535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010918     Document Type: Article

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