Burns
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1080-1085 , December 2009

Assessing the safety and compatibility of silver based wound dressings in a magnetic resonance environment

  • Zaid Chaudhry

      Affiliations

    • Ohio State University Burn Center, Department of Surgery and the OSU College of Medicine, 410 W. 10th Ave, N748 Doan, Columbus, OH, 43210 United States
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  • Steffen Sammet

      Affiliations

    • Ohio State University, Department of Radiology, 647 Means Hall, 1654 Upham Drive, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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  • Rebecca Coffey

      Affiliations

    • Ohio State University Burn Center, Department of Surgery and the OSU College of Medicine, 410 W. 10th Ave, N748 Doan, Columbus, OH, 43210 United States
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  • Andrew Crockett

      Affiliations

    • Ohio State University Burn Center, Department of Surgery and the OSU College of Medicine, 410 W. 10th Ave, N748 Doan, Columbus, OH, 43210 United States
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  • William T.C. Yuh

      Affiliations

    • Ohio State University, Department of Radiology, 647 Means Hall, 1654 Upham Drive, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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  • Sidney Miller

      Affiliations

    • Ohio State University Burn Center, Department of Surgery and the OSU College of Medicine, 410 W. 10th Ave, N748 Doan, Columbus, OH, 43210 United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 614 293 5710; fax: +1 614 293 3425.

,Accepted 17 February 2009.

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PII: S0305-4179(09)00072-2

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.02.014

Burns
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