Burns
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 199-202 , March 2004

An unusual case of intra-oral frostbite

  • Damon Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, South Auckland Burn Service, Middlemore Hospital, P.O. Box 93311, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +64-9-276-0000; fax: +64-9-276-0004.
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  • Will McMillan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, South Auckland Burn Service, Middlemore Hospital, P.O. Box 93311, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand
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  • Nikki Mills

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, South Auckland Health, Auckland, New Zealand
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  • Zahoor Ahmad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, South Auckland Health, Auckland, New Zealand
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  • Tim La H Brown

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, South Auckland Burn Service, Middlemore Hospital, P.O. Box 93311, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand

,Accepted 3 September 2003.

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PII: S0305-4179(03)00283-3

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2003.09.026

Burns
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 199-202 , March 2004

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