Necrotizing fasciitis: Literature review of contemporary strategies for diagnosing and management with three case reports: Torso, abdominal wall, upper and lower limbs

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Roje, Zdravko ^a   Roje, Željka ^b   Matić, Dario ^a   Librenjak, Davor ^a   Dokuzović, Stjepan ^b   Varvodić, Josip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

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EID: 84155176720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-6-46     Document Type: Review

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