Ball lightning burn

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 541-544

  Selvaggi, Gennaro ^a   Monstrey, Stan ^a   Von Heimburg, Dennis ^b   Hamdi, Mustapha ^a   Van Landuyt, Koen ^a   Blondeel, Phillip ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CERIUM NITRATE; POLYMER; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY SURFACE; CASE REPORT; CHIMNEY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRIC BURN; FACE BURN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND BURN; HUMAN; LIGHTNING; MALE; NECK; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WOUND HEALING; ZYGOMA;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTNING INJURIES; MALE;

EID: 0038754917     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000037278.19391.D2     Document Type: Article

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