Nerve supply of the breast with special reference to the nipple and areola: Sir Astley Cooper revisited

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 283-288

  Sarhadi, N S ^a   Shaw Dunn, J ^b   Soutar, D S ^a  

^a CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intercostal nerves; Mammaplasty; Mammary innervation

Indexed keywords

BREAST AREOLA; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; NIPPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ANATOMY; BREAST; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; MAMMAPLASTY; NIPPLES;

EID: 0030976311     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1997)10:4<283::AID-CA12>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Review

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