Football dressing for neuropathic forefoot ulcerations

Wounds

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 85-91

  Rader, Andrew J ^a,c   Barry, Timothy ^b  

^a Memorial Hospital Wound Care Center   (United States)

^b St Marys Medical Center   (United States)

^c Wound Care Center   (United States)

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EID: 33744481789     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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