Investigation into the possible cause of subjective decreased sensory perception in the nipple-areola complex of women with macromastia

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1598-1606

  Godwin, Yvette ^a   Valassiadou, Kalliope ^b   Lewis, Sarah ^b   Denley, Helen ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; NERVE FIBER; NIPPLE; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PTOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; TOUCH; WEINSTEIN ENHANCED SENSORY TEST; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SENSATION; STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NIPPLES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH;

EID: 2442445043     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000117190.00235.5C     Document Type: Article

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