Beneficial effects of a novel shark-skin collagen dressing for the promotion of seawater immersion wound healing

Abstract Background Wounded personnel who work at sea often encounter a plethora of difficulties. The most important of these difficulties is seawater immersion. Common medical dressings have little effect when the affected area is immersed in seawater, and only rarely dressings have been reported f...

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Main Authors: Xian-Rong Shen, Xiu-Li Chen, Hai-Xia Xie, Ying He, Wei Chen, Qun Luo, Wei-Hong Yuan, Xue Tang, Deng-Yong Hou, Ding-Wen Jiang, Qing-Rong Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Military Medical Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40779-017-0143-4