CANCEROUS DEGENERATION IN CHRONIC LEG ULCER
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Recalcitrant leg ulcers and the risk of cancerous degeneration
Stuart Enoch is Specialty Registrar in Burns and Plastic Surgery, North-West Regional Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Wythenshawe Hospital, University Hospitals of Manchester and Valentina Lefemine is Specialty Registrar in General Surgery, All-Wales Specialist Training Programme, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport All forms of chronic leg ulcer have a risk of undergoing malignant transformati...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1912
ISSN: 0002-9955
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1912.04270070016005