Leg ulcers in sickle cell disease patients

Leg ulcers are the most common cutaneous complication of sickle cell disease. These lesions occur mainly in homozygous forms, are slow to heal and often relapse, causing negative physical, emotional, and economic impacts. In this paper, we discuss the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and pathophysi...

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Autores principales: Granja, Paula Dadalti, Quintão, Samuel Braulio Magalhães, Perondi, Franciele, de Lima, Rosemary Bacellar Ferreira, Martins, Cláudia Labriola de Medeiros, Marques, Marcos Arêas, de Oliveira, Julio Cesar Peclat
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 2020
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8218003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34211517
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1677-5449.200054
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author Granja, Paula Dadalti
Quintão, Samuel Braulio Magalhães
Perondi, Franciele
de Lima, Rosemary Bacellar Ferreira
Martins, Cláudia Labriola de Medeiros
Marques, Marcos Arêas
de Oliveira, Julio Cesar Peclat
author_facet Granja, Paula Dadalti
Quintão, Samuel Braulio Magalhães
Perondi, Franciele
de Lima, Rosemary Bacellar Ferreira
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description Leg ulcers are the most common cutaneous complication of sickle cell disease. These lesions occur mainly in homozygous forms, are slow to heal and often relapse, causing negative physical, emotional, and economic impacts. In this paper, we discuss the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and pathophysiology of sickle cell leg ulcers and their implications for treatment.
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spelling pubmed-82180032021-06-30 Leg ulcers in sickle cell disease patients Granja, Paula Dadalti Quintão, Samuel Braulio Magalhães Perondi, Franciele de Lima, Rosemary Bacellar Ferreira Martins, Cláudia Labriola de Medeiros Marques, Marcos Arêas de Oliveira, Julio Cesar Peclat J Vasc Bras Review Article Leg ulcers are the most common cutaneous complication of sickle cell disease. These lesions occur mainly in homozygous forms, are slow to heal and often relapse, causing negative physical, emotional, and economic impacts. In this paper, we discuss the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and pathophysiology of sickle cell leg ulcers and their implications for treatment. Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 2020-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8218003/ /pubmed/34211517 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1677-5449.200054 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Marques, Marcos Arêas
de Oliveira, Julio Cesar Peclat
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