Outcome analysis in patients with primary necrotizing fasciitis of the male genitalia

Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-35

  Dahm, Philipp ^a   Roland, Frank H ^a   Vaslef, Steven N ^b   Moon, Richard E ^a   Price, David T ^a   Georgiade, Gregory S ^b   Vieweg, Johannes ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034125696     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(00)00604-X     Document Type: Article

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