| Literature DB >> 18663307 |
Regina Renner1, Regina Treudler, Jan C Simon.
Abstract
Application of maggots is well established in wound therapy. We report upon 2 patients with leg ulcers due to pyoderma gangrenosum who received immunosuppressive therapy and in whom a reduced survival of maggots (Lucilia sericata sp.) led to ineffectiveness of this therapy. Copyright 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18663307 DOI: 10.1159/000148251
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dermatology ISSN: 1018-8665 Impact factor: 5.366