Burns
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 105-108 , February 2007

Scalding as an unusual cause of pyoderma gangrenosum

  • Peter U. Kalu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dawson Ward, Third Floor, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, United Kingdom
    • Department of Adult and Paediatric Burns, Burns Reconstruction and Plastic Surgery Unit, Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare N.H.S. Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Greg Williams

      Affiliations

    • Department of Adult and Paediatric Burns, Burns Reconstruction and Plastic Surgery Unit, Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare N.H.S. Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, United Kingdom

,Accepted 25 April 2006.

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PII: S0305-4179(06)00160-4

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.04.032

Burns
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 105-108 , February 2007

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