Factitious subcutaneous emphysema of an extremity;Emphysème sous-cutané factice d'un membre

Revue du Rhumatisme (Edition Francaise)

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-90

  Mahirogullari, Mahir ^a   Chloros, George D ^b   Cilli, Feridun ^a   Semiz, Umit B ^a   Kiral, Ahmet ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremity; Factitious disorder; Gas; Gas gangrene; Malingering; Subcutaneous emphysema

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049027378     PISSN: 11698330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rhum.2007.02.033     Document Type: Article

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