The use of a new wound alginogel for the treatment of partial-thickness hand burns

Wounds

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 161-164

  Kyriopoulos, Eugenia ^a   Van Den Plas, D ^b   Papadopoulos, O ^c   Papadopoulos, S ^a   Zapandioti, P ^a   Tsoutsos, D ^a  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Research Department   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 77954057092     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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