Degradation of extracellular matrix components by defined proteinases from the greenbottle larva Lucilia sericata used for the clinical debridement of non-healing wounds
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 148 (1), 14-23
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.04935.x
Abstract
Background Larvae of the greenbottle fly Lucilia sericata are used routinely for the clinical treatment of difficult necrotic and infected wounds. Degradation by proteinases contained in larval excr...Keywords
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