Sterile maggots and the preparation of the wound bed

International Congress and Symposium Series - Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn , Issue 250, 2001, Pages 59-65

  Thomas, Steve ^a  

^a PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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