The qualification of different free muscle transplants to reconstruct mimic function: An experimental study in rabbits

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1774-1783

  Frey, Manfred ^a   Giovanoli, Pietro ^a   Meuli Simmen, Claudia ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RABBITS;

EID: 0031744876     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199806000-00002     Document Type: Article

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