Burns
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Autologous skin banking

  • R. Sheridan

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence should be addressed to: R. L. Sheridan, md, Assistant Chief of Staff, Shriners Burns Institute Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Tel.: 617-371-4713; Fax: 617-396-8936
    • Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Shriners Burns Institute, Boston, USA
    • ,
  • J. Mahe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Shriners Burns Institute, Boston, USA
    • ,
  • P. Walters

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Shriners Burns Institute, Boston, USA

,Accepted 13 May 1997.

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PII: S0305-4179(98)00051-5

doi: 10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00051-5

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