Computed tomographic observations on subcutaneous fat: Implications for liposuction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 387-396

  Johnson, David ^a   Cormack, George C ^a   Abrahams, Peter H ^a   Dixon, A K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPOSUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030049931     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199602000-00017     Document Type: Article

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