Preliminary studies on the use of nail as a material for reconstructive or cosmetic surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1276-1279

  Taylor, Peter ^a   Kaakedjian, Garbis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NAIL; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE GRAFT; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0031944480     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199804010-00018     Document Type: Article

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