The role of iron deficiency anaemia & connexin 43 in poor wound healing

Background Patients with diabetes have a 10% life-time risk of developing diabetic foot ulceration (DFU). DFU is the commonest cause of severe limb ischaemia in the western world. In diabetes mellitus, anaemia is frequently unrecognized. Recently, cell-to-cell interactions, via gap-junctional commun...

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Main Author: Wright, J. A.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634662