Pericapillary fibrin in the ulcer-bearing skin of the leg: the cause of lipodermatosclerosis and ven...
Pericapillary fibrin in the ulcer-bearing skin of the leg: the cause of lipodermatosclerosis and venous ulceration
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Burnand, K G , Whimster, I , Naidoo, A and Browse, N L
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England: British Medical Journal Publishing Group
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English
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England: British Medical Journal Publishing Group
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Forty-one biopsy specimens, taken from the ulcer-bearing skin of 41 legs of 21 patients attending the varicose vein clinic, were selectively stained for fibrin with phosphotungstic acid haemotoxylin before being blindly assessed,. Layers of fibrin were found surrounding the dermal capillaries in all 26 legs with lipodermatosclerosis. None of the sp...
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Pericapillary fibrin in the ulcer-bearing skin of the leg: the cause of lipodermatosclerosis and venous ulceration
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_1500038
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_1500038
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0007-1447,0267-0623,0959-8138
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1468-5833
DOI
10.1136/bmj.285.6348.1071
