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Interactive wound dressings: choice depends on type of chronic leg ulcer

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Interactive wound dressings: choice depends on type of chronic leg ulcer. Drugs Ther. Perspect 11, 11–14 (1998). https://doi.org/10.2165/00042310-199811090-00004

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