Variability of the postauricular muscle complex: Analysis of 40 hemicadaver dissections

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 342-347

  Guerra, Aldo Benjamin ^a   Metzinger, Stephen Eric ^a   Metzinger, Rebecca Crawford ^b   Xie, Chen ^c   Xie, Yue ^c   Rigby, Peter Lister ^c   Naugle Jr , Thomas ^b  

^a Aesthetic Surgical Associates   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; EXTERNAL EAR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

CADAVER; EAR, EXTERNAL; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 16544375871     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfaci.6.5.342     Document Type: Article

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