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Research Article

Preliminary evaluation of novel skin closure of Pfannenstiel incisions using cold helium plasma and chitosan films

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Pages 1637-1642 | Received 15 Jul 2013, Accepted 23 Dec 2013, Published online: 03 Feb 2014

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