Suction blister induction time: 15 minutes or 150 minutes?

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 754-757

  Gupta, Somesh ^a   Kumar, Bhushan ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUCTION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BLISTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; SUCTION; SYRINGES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033866015     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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