What is the evidence for effective treatment of diabetic foot ulceration?
โ Scribed by De, P ;Scarpello, JHB
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 739 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1357-8170
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