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Non-surgical therapy of diabetic foot infections based on recent guidelines and published data Cover

Non-surgical therapy of diabetic foot infections based on recent guidelines and published data

By: Urbán Edit and  Gajdács Márió  
Open Access
|Mar 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orvtudert-2020-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2537-5059 | Journal ISSN: 1453-0953
Language: English
Page range: 53 - 62
Published on: Mar 30, 2021
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