Purpura fulminans skin loss: surgical management protocols at a regional burns centre

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1520-1523

  Lowery, K ^a   Shirley, R ^a   Shelley, O P ^a   Kaniorou Larai, M ^a   Philp, B ^a   Dziewulski, P ^a  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allograft; Autograft; Meningococcal septicaemia; Purpura fulminans

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FULMINATING PURPURA; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; SKIN INJURY; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT;

AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION STUMPS; BURN UNITS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; PURPURA FULMINANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 55249117076     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.01.085     Document Type: Article

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