Collagenase in a New Gel Formulation Accelerates Wound Cleaning and Wound Healing

Wounds

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 117-124

  Mekkes, Jan R ^a   Zeegelaar, Jimmy E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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