Chronic Wounds with Emphasis in Diabetic Foot Ulcers
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1 Tissue Repair and Cyto-Protection Research Laboratory, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 6162, Havana, Cuba 2 Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), University of Arizona College of Medicine, AZ, USA 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute for Wound Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 4Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 6162, 10600 Havana, Cuba
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دوره 2014 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014