An indication for human tetanus immunoglobulin in unimmunized patients.
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An indication for human tetanus immunoglobulin in unimmunized patients.
Sir, I thought your readers may be interested in the management of a recent case of tetanus which occurred at this hospital. A 63-year-old lady presented to the Accident and Emergency Department soon after laceration to her right leg, caused by a sheet of glass taken from a dismantled greenhouse in her garden. A 'V'-shaped flap, 4 cm each limb, an apparently clean and subcutaneous wound, was si...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1985
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2.2.106