Development and use of a quantitative method to evaluate the action of enzymatic wound debriding agents in vitro

Wounds

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 105-110

  Hobson, David ^a   White, Eric ^a   Anderson, Larry ^a   Lira, Lance ^a  

^a DPT Laboratories   (United States)

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EID: 0032341067     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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