Pyoderma Gangrenosum: A Review of the Disease and Treatment Options

Wounds

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 119-122

  Choucair, Michelle M ^a,b   Fivenson, David P ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0035592699     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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