Use of Dry Human and Bovine Amnion as a Biological Dressing

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 1981, Pages 891-896

  Rao, T Viswanatha ^a   Chandrasekharam, V ^a  

^a ANDHRA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION; BURN DRESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; THERAPY; XENOGRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNION; ANIMAL; BANDAGES; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; BURNS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; RABBITS; STERILIZATION;

EID: 0019451376     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1981.01380190029007     Document Type: Article

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