Mechanical properties and microstructure of the superficial musculoaponeurotic system

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-73

  Har Shai, Yaron ^a   Bodner, Sol R ^b   Egozy Golan, Dana ^b   Lindenbaum, Ella S ^b   Ben Izhak, Ofer ^b   Mitz, Vladimir ^b   Hirshowitz, Bernard ^b  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN;

APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RHYTIDOPLASTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029896635     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199607000-00009     Document Type: Article

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