From Waste to Healing Biopolymers: Biomedical Applications of Bio-Collagenic Materials Extracted from Industrial Leather Residues in Wound Healing.
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SUBMITTER: Catalina M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5452514 | biostudies-other | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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