The axillary arch of Langer - The most common muscular variation in the axilla

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-80

  Daniels, I R ^a,b   Querci Della Rovere, G ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axillary anatomy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0034020862     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006367904056     Document Type: Article

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