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Effects of compression therapy and antibiotics on lymphatic flow and chronic venous leg ulceration

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  1. General Surgery, San Martino and IST Hospital, Via Fratelli Coda 67/5 A, 16166, Genoa, Italy

    Andrea Cariati & Elisa Piromalli

  2. Vascular Surgery, San Martino and IST Hospital, Genoa, Italy

    Paola Cariati

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Cariati, A., Piromalli, E. & Cariati, P. Effects of compression therapy and antibiotics on lymphatic flow and chronic venous leg ulceration. Arch Dermatol Res 304, 497–498 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-012-1220-x

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