Prevention of postoperative adhesions with the chitin derivative N-O-carboxymethylchitosan

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-57

  Krause, Tyrone J ^a   Zazanis, George A ^a   McKinnon, Randall D ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0041650403     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-475X.1996.40110.x     Document Type: Article

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