Calcium alginate dressings with second intention healing of surgical wounds: Our experience

Wounds

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 50-55

  Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a   Artman, Nitza N ^a   Siegel, Daniel M ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stony Brook Dermatology Associates   (United States)

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EID: 0031491676     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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