Permanent scarring in a paediatric scald dressed with a non-adherent siliconised dressing

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-138

  Ahmadi, Hootan ^a   Williams, Greg ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROFURAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BURN DRESSING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCALD; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

BURNS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; SILICONES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149115539     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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