title: Using living skin equivalents for diabetic foot ulceration.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Department of Surgery, Joslin-Beth Israel Deaconess Foot Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Hau T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rich
authors.forename: Aristidis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Veves