Four alginate dressings in the treatment of partial thickness wounds: A comparative experimental study

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-134

  Agren M S ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Coloplast A/S ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM ALGINATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; EPITHELIZATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0029915774     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(96)90088-0     Document Type: Article

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