Cat and dog bites. What to do? Guidelines for the treatment of cat and dog bites in humans

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 692-695

  Philipsen, T E J ^a,b   Molderez, C ^a   Gys, T ^a  

^a St Dimpna General Hospital   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cat bite; Dog bite; Hand trauma; Tenosynovitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846300351     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2006.11679983     Document Type: Review

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