A method of assessing female breast morphometry and its clinical application

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 355-359

  Brown, T P La H ^a,b   Ringrose, C ^a   Hyland, R E ^a   Cole, A A ^a   Brotherston, T M ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Breast augmentation; Breast reconstruction; Breast reduction; Mammaplasty; Morphometry; Objective measurement; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033166268     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1999.3110     Document Type: Article

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