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The potential adverse effects of aromatase inhibitors on wound healing: in vitro and in vivo evidence

Daniel J Howgate University of Leeds, School of Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Academic Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Clarendon Wing A, Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX, UK
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Zakareya Gamie University of Leeds, School of Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Academic Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Clarendon Wing A, Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX, UK
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Pavlos Panteliadis University of Leeds, School of Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Academic Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Clarendon Wing A, Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX, UK
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Amit Bhalla University of Leeds, School of Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Academic Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Clarendon Wing A, Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX, UK
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Athanasios Mantalaris Imperial College London, Department of Chemical Engineering, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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Eleftherios Tsiridis Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon/Senior Lecturer, University of Leeds, School of Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Academic Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Clarendon Wing A, Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX, UK +113 3929901; +113 3923290; [email protected]
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Pages 523-535 | Published online: 03 Aug 2009

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