Normal cutaneous sensibility of the breast

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 701-704

  Tairych, Greta V ^a   Kuzbari, Rafic ^a   Rigel, Sandra ^a   Todoroff, Boris P ^a   Schneider, Barbara ^a   Deutinger, Maria ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIPPLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SENSIBILITY;

EID: 0031661877     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199809010-00013     Document Type: Article

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