Burns
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 606-615 , August 2010

Quality assessment of clinical practice guidelines for adaptation in burn injury

  • E. Kis

      Affiliations

    • Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit, Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University of Szeged, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, 6-8 Korányi fasor, Szeged, H-6720, Hungary
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +36 30 9735711.
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  • I. Szegesdi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, University of Szeged, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, Szeged, Hungary
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  • E. Dobos

      Affiliations

    • TUDOR Hungarian EBM Network, University of Szeged, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, Szeged, Hungary
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  • E. Nagy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, Szeged, Hungary
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  • K. Boda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Informatics, University of Szeged, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, Szeged, Hungary
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  • L. Kemény

      Affiliations

    • Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit, Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University of Szeged, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, 6-8 Korányi fasor, Szeged, H-6720, Hungary
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  • A.R. Horvath

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, Szeged, Hungary

,Accepted 21 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.08.017

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Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 606-615 , August 2010

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