Mouse models to study wound closure and topical treatment of infected wounds in healing-impaired and normal healing hosts

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 198-204

  Holder, Ian Alan ^a,b   Brown, Rebeccah L ^a   Greenhalgh, David G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

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EID: 18144388695     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-475X.1997.50213.x     Document Type: Article

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