Larval therapy from antiquity to the present day: Mechanisms of action, clinical applications and future potential

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 980, 2007, Pages 409-413

  Whitaker, Lain S ^a,b   Twine, Christopher ^c   Whitaker, Michael J ^d   Welck, Mathew ^e   Brown, Charles S ^f   Shandall, Ahmed ^c  

^a Morriston Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLY; LARVA; LUCILIA SERICATA; MAGGOT THERAPY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ANIMALS; DEBRIDEMENT; FORECASTING; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; LARVA; NECROSIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34250758509     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.055905     Document Type: Review

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