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Pathophysiology of Wound Healing in Venous Leg Ulcers

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Venous ulceration is a common problem in clinical practice. Although it is quite clear that venous insufficiency is the underlying cause, the exact pathogenetic mechanism is still not fully understood and definitively very complex.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    J. R. Mekkes & W. Westerhof

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  1. Dermatologische Klinik im St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-Universität, Gudrunstr. 56, 44791, Bochum, Germany

    Peter Altmeyer , Klaus Hoffmann  & Stephan el Gammal ,  & 

  2. ConvaTec Wound Healing Institute, Deeside, Clwyd, CH5 2NU, UK

    Jerry Hutchinson

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Mekkes, J.R., Westerhof, W. (1995). Pathophysiology of Wound Healing in Venous Leg Ulcers. In: Altmeyer, P., Hoffmann, K., el Gammal, S., Hutchinson, J. (eds) Wound Healing and Skin Physiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77882-7_6

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