Psychological impact of burn scars on quality of life in patients with extensive burns who received allotransplant

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 577-583

  Nitescu C ^a   Calota D R ^a   Stǎncioiu, Tudor Andrei ^a   Marinescu, S A ^b   Florescu, I P ^b   Lascar I ^c,d  

^a Reconstructive and Burns Surgery   (Romania)

^b 'Bagdasar Arseni' Emergency Hospital   (Romania)

^c Clinical Emergency Hospital   (Romania)

^d CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Allotransplant; Extensive burns; Hypertrophic scars; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867026682     PISSN: 12200522     EISSN: 20668279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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