Follicular-unit hair grafting: State-of-the-art surgical technique

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 439-444

  Epstein, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 33746546692     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfaci.5.5.439     Document Type: Article

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