Hydrogel dressings for venous leg ulcers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Ribeiro, Cibele T D ^a   Dias, Fernando A L ^b   Fregonezi, Guilherme A F ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG ULCER; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 36; SHORT FORM 6; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 85014563548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010738     Document Type: Article

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