Effects of Electrical Stimulation on Wound Closure in Mice with Experimental Diabetes Mellitus

Wounds

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 159-169

  Thawer, Habiba A ^a   Houghton, Pamela E ^a   Kloth, Luther C ^b   Butryn, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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