Computerized morphometric quantitation of elastin and collagen in SMAS and facial skin and the possible role of fat cells in SMAS viscoelastic properties

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2466-2470

  Har Shai, Yaron ^a   Sela, Eyal ^b   Rubinstien, Irit ^b   Lindenbaum, Ella S ^b   Mitz, Vladimir ^b   Hirshowitz, Bernard ^b  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RHYTIDOPLASTY; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADIPOCYTES; ADULT; AGED; COLLAGEN; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0032442123     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199812000-00033     Document Type: Article

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