A comparative study to evaluate the effect of honey dressing and silver sulfadiazene dressing on wound healing in burn patients

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-181

  Baghel, P S ^a   Shukla, S ^a   Mathur, R K ^a   Randa, R ^a  

^a MGM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Honey dressing; silver sulfadiazine dressing; wound healing in burn

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953896803     PISSN: 09700358     EISSN: 1998376X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.59275     Document Type: Article

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