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“Why use Larvae?” references.

  1. Mudge E, Price P, Walkley N, and Harding K. 2014. A randomized controlled trial of larval therapy for the debridement of leg ulcers: results of a multicenter, randomized, controlled, open, observer blind, parallel group study. Wound Repair & Regeneration, Jan-Feb, 22(1); 43-51.
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  8. Pritchard, D.I., Čeřovský, V., Nigam, Y., Pickles, S.F., Cazander, G., Nibbering, P.H., Bültemann, A. and Jung, W. (2016), TIME management by medicinal larvae. Int Wound J, 13: 475-484. https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.12457