Serial scalp reductions: A biomechanical approach

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 210-214

  Raposio, Edoardo ^a,b,c   Santi, Pier Luigi ^b   Nordström, Rolf E A ^a  

^a Nordstrom Hosp Plast Reconstr S   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LOADING TEST; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRETCHING; TENSION; TISSUE FLAP;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; METHODS; SCALP; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0033010914     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.1999.08047.x     Document Type: Article

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