Self-inflicted garlic burns: Our experience and literature review

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1161-1163

  Friedman, Tal ^a,b   Shalom, Avshalom ^a,b   Westreich, Melvin ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; AWARENESS; BANDAGE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GARLIC; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEG INJURY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOLDIER; WOUND CARE;

ADULT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; GARLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SELF MUTILATION;

EID: 33749843636     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02860.x     Document Type: Article

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