"Amnion Bank" - The use of long term glycerol preserved amniotic membranes in the management of superficial and superficial partial thickness burns

Burns

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 369-374

  Ravishanker, R ^a,b   Bath, A S ^a   Roy, R ^a  

^a ARMY HOSPITAL RESEARCH AND REFERRAL   (India)

^b Dept of Plastic Surgery   (India)

Author keywords

Amnion; Burns; Economical; Effective; Glycerol

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL;

AMNION; ANALGESIA; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN DRESSING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEHYDRATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELASTICITY; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; INDIA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN; PRESERVATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SUPERFICIAL THICKNESS BURN; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0038022608     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(02)00304-2     Document Type: Article

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