A retrospective study of changes in physical symptoms and body image after reduction mammaplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-85

  Glatt, Brian S ^a   Sarwer, David B ^a   O'Hara, Daniel E ^a   Hamori, Christine ^a   Bucky, Louis P ^a   LaRossa, Don ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b 10 Penn Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032961097     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199901000-00013     Document Type: Article

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