Morphometry of the adult human earlobe: A study of 547 subjects and clinical application

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2398-2402

  Azaria, R ^b   Adler, N ^b   Silfen, R ^b   Regev, D ^b   Hauben, D J ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR LOBE; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEGRO; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; EAR, EXTERNAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038657889     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000060995.99380.DE     Document Type: Article

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