Histological assessment of tangentially excised burn eschars

Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Gurfinkel, Reuven ^a   Rosenberg, Lior ^a   Cohen, Sarit ^a   Cohen, Arnon ^a   Barezovsky, Alex ^a   Cagnano, Emanuela ^b   Singer, Adam J ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Dermatome; Eschar; Tangential excision

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054754799     PISSN: 11952199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/229255031001800303     Document Type: Article

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