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Genta-Foil resorb, a novel advance in the treatment of paediatric nail bed lacerations?

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This study has been approved by the appropriate ethics committee and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. All persons gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study.

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  1. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgery, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 12, Ireland

    Eamon C. Francis, Fiachra M. Martin & Patricia A. Eadie

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Francis, E.C., Martin, F.M. & Eadie, P.A. Genta-Foil resorb, a novel advance in the treatment of paediatric nail bed lacerations?. Eur J Plast Surg 37, 573–574 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-014-1002-0

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