A technique for correcting Witch's Chin deformity

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 842-846

  Lesavoy, Malcolm A ^a   Creasman, Craig ^a   Schwartz, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW MALFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029924315     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199604000-00026     Document Type: Review

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