Anomalous musculoskeletal morphology of anterior chest wall: A case report

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-291

  Das, Srijit ^a   Paul, Shipra ^a,b   Mandal, Ashish Kumar ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Musculo skeletal defects; Pectoral muscles; Rectus sternalis; Ribs; Sternalis; Supernumerary; Variations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIOLOGIST; SCAPULA; STERNUM; SURGEON; THORAX WALL;

EID: 33846307812     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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