Laser ablation of burns: Initial clinical trial

Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 92-95

  Sheridan, Robert L ^a,b,c,d   Lydon, Martha M ^a,b,c,d   Petras, Lisa M ^a,b,c,d   Schomacker, Kevin T ^a,b,c,d   Tompkins, Ronald G ^a,b,c,d   Glatter, Robert D ^a,b,c,d   Parrish, John A ^a,b,c,d  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BURN; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032919647     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(99)70293-X     Document Type: Article

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