Maggots and wound healing: an investigation of the effects of secretions fromLucilia sericatalarvae upon interactions between human dermal fibroblasts and extracellular matrix components
- 1 May 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 148 (5) , 923-933
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05314.x
Abstract
Summary Background Through clinical observation, Lucilia sericata (greenbottle fly) larvae are credited with exerting the following beneficial effects upon a chronic nonhealing wound: removal of nec...Keywords
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