Digital image analysis of erythema development after experimental thermal injury to human skin: Effect of postburn topical local anesthetics (EMLA®)

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1131-1136

  Mattsson, U ^a   Cassuto, J ^a,b   Jontell, M ^a   Jonsson A ^a   Sinclair, R ^b   Tarnow, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BURNS; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIDOCAINE; OINTMENTS; PRILOCAINE;

EID: 0032955658     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199905000-00031     Document Type: Article

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