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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an anti-infective agent

Maide Çimşit Professor, Department of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, İstanbul University, Medical Faculty, İstanbul, Turkey. [email protected]
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Günalp Uzun Associate Professor, Department of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, Gülhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpaş Teaching Hospital, 34668, Üsküdar, İstanbul, Turkey. [email protected]
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Şenol Yıldız Associate Professor, Department of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Etlik, Ankara, Turkey. [email protected]
Pages 1015-1026 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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