Are allergic reactions to skin clips associated with delayed wound healing?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 320-323

  Lhotka, Christian G ^b   Szekeres, Thomas ^b   Fritzer Szekeres, Monika ^b   Schwarz, Gerhard ^b   Steffan, Ilse ^b   Maschke, Michael ^b   Dubsky, Guido ^b   Kremser, Manfred ^a   Zweymüller, Karl ^b  

^a KAISER FRANZ JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BLISTER; CLIP; CONTACT DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN EDEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031766437     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(98)00197-4     Document Type: Article

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