Antimicrobial polymers for anti-biofilm medical devices: state-of-art and perspectives.

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Published in Adv Exp Med Biol on January 01, 2015

Authors

Iolanda Francolini1, Gianfranco Donelli, Fernanda Crisante, Vincenzo Taresco, Antonella Piozzi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, iolanda.francolini@uniroma1.it.

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