Characterization of Legal Claims Involving Patients with Pyoderma Gangrenosum.
OBJECTIVE: To review the litigation literature related to patients with pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) to characterize the legal issues they face. DATA SOURCES: Data sources include law databases Casetext and Lexis Nexis. STUDY SELECTION: All disability and medical liability claims directly involving pat...
| Publicado en: | Advances in Skin & Wound Care Vol. 35; no. 11; pp. 613 - 617 |
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| Formato: | review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Nov2022
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