Nonsurgical correction of congenital auricular deformities in children older than early neonates

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 907-914

  Yotsuyanagi, Takatoshi ^a   Yokoi, Katsunori ^b   Urushidate, Satoshi ^b   Sawada, Yukimasa ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPLASIA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLINTING; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABNORMALITIES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SPLINTS;

EID: 0031976677     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199804040-00004     Document Type: Article

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