Purpura fulminans: A disease best managed in a burn center

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-123

  Brown, David L ^b   Greenhalgh, David G ^a   Warden, Glenn D ^b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FASCIOTOMY; FULMINATING PURPURA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB AMPUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031922204     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199803000-00006     Document Type: Article

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