Severe burn injuries induced by PUVA chemotherapy

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Tilkorn, Daniel J ^a   Schaffran, Angela ^a   Benna, Sammy Al ^a   Hauser, Joerg ^a   Steinau, Hans U ^a   Ring, Andrej ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; PSORALEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN DRESSING; BURN UNIT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PUVA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADULT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84877780726     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e318257d932     Document Type: Article

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