Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 36-2012. Recovery of a 16-year-old girl from trauma and burns after a car accident.
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From the Burn Unit (R.L.S., S.F.) and the Departments of Radiology (P.W.S.), Pediatrics (M.W.), and Psychiatry (F.J.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital; the Burn Unit (R.L.S., S.F.) and the Departments of Psychiatry (F.J.S.) and Prosthetics (B.M.), Shriners Hospitals for Children; the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (J.C.S.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital; Department of Surgery, VA Boston Healthcare System (R.L.S.); and the Departments of Surgery (R.L.S., S.F.), Radiology (P.W.S.), Pediatrics (M.W.), Psychiatry (F.J.S.), and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (J.C.S.), Harvard Medical School — all in Boston; and the Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research — both in San Antonio (L.C.C.).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The New England journal of medicine
دوره 367 21 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012