Tissue expansion for frontal hairline restoration in severe alopecia in a child

Burns

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 294-297

  Silfen, Ram ^a,b,c   Hudson, Donald A ^a,b,c   Soldin, Mark G ^a,b,c   Skoll, Paul J ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Plastic   (South Africa)

^b RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Burns; Hair loss; Tissue expansion

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TISSUE EXPANSION;

ALOPECIA; BURNS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTHETICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; SCALP; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033952958     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(99)00131-X     Document Type: Article

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