Permanent Coverage of Large Burn Wounds with Autologous Cultured Human Epithelium

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 311, Issue 7, 1984, Pages 448-451

  Gallico, G Gregory ^a,b,c   O'connor, Nicholas E ^a,b,c   Compton, Carolyn C ^a,b,c   Kehinde, Olaniyi ^a,b,c   Green, Howard ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN; CASE REPORT; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; INJURY; SKIN; THERAPY;

EID: 0021232701     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198408163110706     Document Type: Article

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