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Cuts or Lacerations (cont.)

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Author: John P. Cunha, DO

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

Previous contributing authors and editors: Author: David A Halperin, MD, Adjunct Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University Medical School; Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Memorial Hospital of South Bend.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Steven L Bernstein, MD, Vice-Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mt Sinai School of Medicine.


Last Editorial Review: 9/11/2007

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