Treating infected diabetic wounds with superoxidized water as anti-septic agent: A preliminary experience

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 740-743

  Hadi, Syed Fazle ^a   Khaliq, Tanwir ^a   Bilal, Nighat ^a   Sikandar, Imran ^a   Saaiq, Muhammad ^a   Zubair, Muhammad ^a   Aurangzeb, Sidra ^a  

^a PIMS ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antiseptic agents; Diabetic wounds; Superoxidized water; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950825832     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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