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Case report| Volume 22, ISSUE 2, P161-163, March 1991

Use of the medicinal leech to salvage specialized skin jeopardized by venous impairment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-1383(91)90087-U
Use of the medicinal leech to salvage specialized skin jeopardized by venous impairment
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      Accepted: August 9, 1990

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-1383(91)90087-U

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      © 1991 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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