A prospective study of the microbiology of chronic venous leg ulcers to reevaluate the clinical predictive value of tissue biopsies and swabs.

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Published in Wound Repair Regen on January 24, 2007

Authors

Charlotte E Davies1, Katja E Hill, Robert G Newcombe, Phil Stephens, Melanie J Wilson, Keith G Harding, David W Thomas

Author Affiliations

1: Wound Biology Group, Cardiff Institute of Tissue Engineering and Repair, Cardiff, UK.

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