Stasis Ulcers Refractory to Therapy—Accelerated Healing by Treatment With Clopidogrel ± Dalteparin: A Preliminary Report
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Healing of elderly patients with diabetic foot ulcers, venous stasis ulcers, and pressure ulcers.
Although elderly patients have physiologic impairments in wound healing, their wounds should be expected to heal with the same frequency of closure as those in younger populations, albeit at a slower rate. However, compared to the general population, the elderly population has a higher incidence of chronic wounds: diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, and venous stasis ulcers. Experimental and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1076-0296,1938-2723
DOI: 10.1177/107602960100700105