Outcome after burns: An observational study on burn scar maturation and predictors for severe scarring

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 676-687

  Van Der Wal, Martijn B A ^a,b   Vloemans, Jos F P M ^a   Tuinebreijer, Wim E ^a   Van De Ven, Peter ^b   Van Unen, Ella ^a   Van Zuijlen, Paul P M ^a,b,c   Middelkoop, Esther ^a,b  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN SCAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866520512     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2012.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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