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Assessment of Acute Wound Healing using the Dorsal Subcutaneous Polyvinyl Alcohol Sponge Implantation and Excisional Tail Skin Wound Models.
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Wound healing. The effects of topical antimicrobial agents

R G Geronemus, P M Mertz, W H Eaglstein

    Archives of Dermatology
    |November 1, 1979
    PubMed

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