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Impact of omega-3 fatty acid oral therapy on healing of chronic venous leg ulcers in older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled single-center trial
2019-12-10
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background This trial addresses the global problem of chronic venous leg ulcers (CVLUs), wounds that cause significant infirmity for an estimated 9.7 million people annually - mainly older adults with comorbidities. Advanced therapies are needed because standard topical therapies are often ineffective or yield only short-term wound healing. Thus, we are testing a new oral therapy contai...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 6189b6c7-c095-5c2d-8c99-335031dcfeae
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.2.14638/v2
