Use of laser Doppler flowmetry for estimation of the depth of burns

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1516-1523

  Park, Dae Hwan ^a   Hwang, Jung Wook ^b   Jang, Kyung Soo ^b   Han, Dong Gil ^b   Ahn, Ki Young ^b   Baik, Bong Soo ^b  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031859853     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199805000-00014     Document Type: Article

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