Low-frequency ultrasound treatment of chronic venous ulcers

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-22

  Weichenthal, Michael ^a,c   Mohr, Peter ^a   Stegmann, W ^b   Breitbart, Eckhard W ^a  

^a Dermatology Center   (Germany)

^b LVA Clinic for Leg Diseases   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 0001890121     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-475X.1997.50107.x     Document Type: Article

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