Rat models of skin wound healing

Source Book of Models for Biomedical Research

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 631-638

  Dorsett Martin, Wanda A ^a   Wysocki, Annette B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Models; Rats; Skin; Wound healing; Wounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053510211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-285-4_65     Document Type: Chapter

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