Skin Grafting

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-305

  Ratner, Désirée ^a,b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONOR SITE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND HEALING;

CARTILAGE; FACE; HUMANS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0347319086     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1085-5629(03)00079-8     Document Type: Review

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