Burns
Volume 31, Issue 7 , Pages 817-830 , November 2005

Sensory perception and neuroanatomical structures in normal and grafted skin of burn survivors

  • Bernadette Nedelec

      Affiliations

    • McGill University, Faculty of Medicine, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, 3654 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montréal, Que., Canada H3G 1Y5
    • Centre des Grands brûlés, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM)-Hôtel-Dieu, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 514 398 1275; fax: +1 514 398 8193.
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  • Quanzhi Hou

      Affiliations

    • McGill University, Faculty of Medicine, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, 3654 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montréal, Que., Canada H3G 1Y5
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  • Ismahen Sohbi

      Affiliations

    • McGill University, Faculty of Medicine, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, 3654 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montréal, Que., Canada H3G 1Y5
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  • Manon Choinière

      Affiliations

    • Centre des Grands brûlés, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM)-Hôtel-Dieu, Canada
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montréal, Montréal, Que., Canada
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  • Gilles Beauregard

      Affiliations

    • Centre des Grands brûlés, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM)-Hôtel-Dieu, Canada
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  • Robert W. Dykes

      Affiliations

    • McGill University, Faculty of Medicine, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, 3654 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montréal, Que., Canada H3G 1Y5

,Accepted 10 June 2005.

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PII: S0305-4179(05)00177-4

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.06.007

Burns
Volume 31, Issue 7 , Pages 817-830 , November 2005

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