Successful salvage of mucormycosis infection of the forearm and osteomyelitis of the ulna

Hand

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 332-336

  Jones, Neil F ^a   Shin, Eon K ^b   Eo, SuRak ^c   Starzl, Thomas E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Philadelphia Hand Center   (United States)

^c Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous mucormycosis; Forearm; Infection; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749180822     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-008-9119-x     Document Type: Article

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