Animal Models of Tissue Ischemia to Evaluate the Importance of Oxygen in the Wound Healing Environment

Author(s): 
Wesley T. Myers, MD1 and Lisa J. Gould, MD, PhD2

Disclosure: This research was supported in part by a Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Award given to Dr. Gould. 

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