The effects of epidermal debridement of partial-thickness burns on infection and reepithelialization in swine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 114-119

  Singer, Adam J ^a,b   Thode Jr , Henry C ^a   McClain, Steve A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blisters; Burns; Debridement; Healing; Infection; Partial thickness; Reepithelialization; Skin; Tissue adhesives

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BURN; DEBRIDEMENT; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIZATION; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SWINE;

EID: 0033980526     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00511.x     Document Type: Article

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