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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2013; 46(01): 161-163
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.113748
Letters to Editor
Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Diet, wound healing and plastic surgery

Nikhil Panse
Department of Plastic Surgery, B. J. Medical College and Sassoon Hospital
,
Vijaya Sathe
Department of Plastic Surgery, B. J. Medical College and Sassoon Hospital
Diet Consultant and Nutrition Therapist, Pune, India
,
Parag Sahasrabudhe
Department of Plastic Surgery, B. J. Medical College and Sassoon Hospital
,
Namrata Joshi
Department of Plastic Surgery, B. J. Medical College and Sassoon Hospital
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07 October 2019 (online)

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