Maggot debridement therapy: A primer

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 398-401

  Armstrong, David G ^a,b   Mossel, Jeff ^a   Short, Brian ^a   Nixon, Brent P ^a   Knowles, E Ann ^b   Boulton, Andrew J M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BANDAGE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; EUROPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BANDAGES; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; EUROPE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LARVA; NEW SOUTH WALES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036635749     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-92-7-398     Document Type: Review

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