Microcirculatory studies of frostbite injury

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 246-255

  Zook, Nicole ^a   Hussmann, Jürgen ^b   Brown, Richard ^a   Russell, Robert ^a   Kucan, John ^a   Roth, Allan ^a   Suchy, Hans ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COLD INJURY; GRACILIS MUSCLE; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; WARMING;

EID: 0031884696     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199803000-00009     Document Type: Article

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