The use of botulinum toxin in the management of burns itching: Preliminary results

Burns

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1119-1123

  Akhtar, N ^a   Brooks, P ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botulinum; Burns; Itching; Toxin

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS BURN; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURITUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868212761     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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