Breast asymmetries: A brief review and our experience

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-319

  Araco, A ^a   Gravante, G ^b,d   Araco, F ^b   Gentile, P ^b   Castri F ^c   Delogu, D ^b   Filingeri, V ^b   Cervelli, V ^b  

^a Crown House Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aesthetic breast surgery; Breast asymmetries; Reconstructive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST HYPOPLASIA; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLAND SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BREAST; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAMMAPLASTY;

EID: 33744728013     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-005-0178-x     Document Type: Article

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