Management of radiation wounds

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 325-331

  Balasubramanian, Deepak ^a   Iyer, Subramania ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Lymphoedema; osteoradionecrosis; plexopathy; radiotherapy; wounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867308807     PISSN: 09700358     EISSN: 1998376X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.101311     Document Type: Review

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