An unusual cause of burn injury: Unsupervised use of drugs that contain psoralens

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 1 I, 1999, Pages 50-52

  Türegün, Murat ^a   Öztürk, Serdar ^a   Selmanpakoǧlu, Naki ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN; PSORALEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPIGMENTATION; PSORIASIS; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 0344923765     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199901001-00009     Document Type: Article

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