It is better to flush than to break under pressure

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 650-651

  Bartus, Cynthia ^a   Swerlick, Robert ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECUBITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROPATHY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 76649112065     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.400     Document Type: Note

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