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determine the effectiveness of HVPC
in wound healing in clinical practice.
Acknowledgments
We thank Mary Ann Cardani for technical
assistance and the laboratory
staff at Hurley Medical Center for providing
clinical isolates used in our
pilot studies. Dr Donald Boys, Department
of Physics, The University of
Michigan-Flint, provided technical
expertise in recording the actual
waveforms generated.
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