Reduction mammaplasty improves breast sensibility

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 72-76

  Temple, Claire L F ^a   Hurst, Lawrence N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SENSIBILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033020109     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199907000-00010     Document Type: Article

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