The fallacy of the levator expansion theory

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1788-1793

  Bang, Yoo Hyun ^a   Chu, Han Ho ^a   Park, Sang Hyun ^a   Kim, Jang Ho ^a   Cho, Jin Whan ^a   Kim, Yeon Soo ^a  

^a Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYELID; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EYELIDS; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 0006045517     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199905060-00042     Document Type: Article

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