Cultured epithelial autografia: Three years of clinical experience with eighteen patients

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 533-539

  Clugston, Patricia A ^a   Snelling, Charles F T ^a   Macdonald, Ian B ^a   Maledy, Holly L ^a   Boyle, James C ^a   Germann, Eva ^a   Douglas Courtemanche, A ^a   Wirtz, Paul ^a   Fitzpatrick, Donald J ^a   Rester, David A ^a   Foley, Brian ^a   Warren, Richard J ^a   Carr, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOGRAFT; BURN; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DONOR SITE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURNS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0026323933     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199111000-00008     Document Type: Article

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