The mystery of the split earlobe

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1903-1909

  Raveendran, Sherine Subodhini ^a,b   Amarasinghe, Lalantha ^a,b  

^a National Hospital of Sri Lanka ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR LOBE; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SPLIT EARLOBE; SRI LANKA;

EID: 14944384730     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000142745.63017.E1     Document Type: Article

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