Compensatory hypertrophy of calf muscles after selective neurectomy

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-112

  Choong, Jae Lee ^a,b   Jun, Ho Park ^a   Sun, Won Park ^a  

^a Inha University ^*

^b Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calf; Compensatory hypertrophy; Selective neurectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEURECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ATROPHY; CELL ENLARGEMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 32144462625     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-005-0066-4     Document Type: Article

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