Asian Journal of Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 234-239 , October 2009

Xenoderm Versus 1% Silver Sulfadiazine in Partial-thickness Burns

  • Seyed Nejat Hosseini

      Affiliations

    • Burns Department, Ayatollah-Mousavi Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Seyed Nejat Hosseini, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Shahrak-Karmandan Street, Zanjan, Iran
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  • Anayatollah Karimian

      Affiliations

    • Burns Department, Ayatollah-Mousavi Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
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  • Seyed Nouraddin Mousavinasab

      Affiliations

    • Social Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Zanjan, Iran
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  • Haleh Rahmanpour

      Affiliations

    • Surgery Department, Ayatollah-Mousavi Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
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  • Mehdi Yamini

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
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  • Shokoufeh Hosseini Zahmatkesh

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Ayatollah-Mousavi Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran

,Accepted 23 July 2009.

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PII: S1015-9584(09)60400-0

doi: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60400-0

Asian Journal of Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 234-239 , October 2009

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