Aesthetic Improvement of Burn Scar by Tangential Excision and Thin Split Thickness Skin Graft
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2234-0831
DOI: 10.14730/aaps.2013.19.3.148