Using living skin equivalents for diabetic foot ulceration.
Diabetic foot ulcers are a major clinical challenge with enormous socioeconomic consequence. All advances in the understanding and management of this problem are eagerly received by wound specialists. The development of bioengineered skin--living skin equivalent--is an interesting event that could be significant in the management of lower extremity wounds such as the diabetic foot ulcer.
Pham
Hau T
HT
Harvard Medical School, Department of Surgery, Joslin-Beth Israel Deaconess Foot Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Rich
Jeremy
J
Veves
Aristidis
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