Diagnosis of long-term sequelae after low-voltage electrical injury

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-205

  Fish, Joel S ^a,b   Theman, Kirstin ^c   Gomez, Manuel ^b  

^a St John's Rehabilitation Hospital   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW VOLTAGE CONTACT INJURY; LOW VOLTAGE FLASH INJURY; MALE; MALINGERING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84859218206     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3182331e61     Document Type: Article

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