Helium vapour injury: A case report

Burns

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-268

  Kumar, Pramod ^a   Chirayil, Paul Thomas ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Freezing injury; Liquid helium

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HELIUM; HEPARIN;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLD INJURY; GLOVE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THROMBOSIS; VAPOR;

ADULT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FREEZING; HAND INJURIES; HELIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032910942     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00163-6     Document Type: Article

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