Failure of therapeutic ultrasound in healing burn injuries

Burns

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 248-249

  Cambier, Dirk C ^a   Vanderstraeten, Guy G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burns; Physiotherapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; ULTRASOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BURNS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SKIN; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030824935     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(96)00110-6     Document Type: Article

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