Invited discussion: Sensibility of the breast following reduction mammaplasty

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-9

  Dellon, A Lee ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSIBILITY; SKIN SENSITIVITY; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0038681678     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000067963.38354.C1     Document Type: Note

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