Maggot therapy for the treatment of intractable wounds

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 623-627

  Mumcuoglu, Kosta Y ^a   Ingber, Arieh ^a   Gilead, Leon ^a   Stessman, Jochanan ^a   Friedmann, Reuven ^a   Schulman, Haim ^a   Bichucher, Hellen ^a   Ioffe Uspensky, Inna ^a   Miller, Jacqueline ^a   Galun, Rachel ^a   Raz, Itamar ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FLY; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LARVA; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032783737     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1999.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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