Posttraumatic stress disorder in burn patients.
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Posttraumatic stress disorder can occur in burn patients and may delay a patient's recovery. We have described the case of such a patient whose posthospital course was complicated by an untreated, coexisting PTSD.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Southern medical journal
دوره 84 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991