Korean J Asthma Allergy Clin Immunol.  2004 Dec;24(4):456-458.

A Case of Asthma That Had Been Treated Absurdly with Autologous Skin Graft

Abstract

Many researches have been done for the treatment of bronchial asthma, and various treatment modalities were established from their results. However, asthmatics sometimes tend to depend on complementary or alternative medicines that are not verified scientifically. They are clinging to those remedies strongly and then finally their lives are threat-ened. Therefore, patient education is an important component of asthma management. We report a case absurdly had undergone autologous skin graft as a treatment for bronchial asthma, and developed fatal asthmatic attack.


MeSH Terms

Asthma*
Education
Patient Education as Topic
Skin Transplantation
Skin*
Transplants*
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