Spontaneous breast enlargement following liposuction of the abdominal wall: Does a link exist?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1584-1589

  Van Der Lei, Berend ^a   Halbesma, Gert Jan ^b   Van Nieuwenhoven, Christianne A ^b   Van Wingerden, Jan J ^b  

^a MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST AUGMENTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; BREAST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 34147106457     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000256069.54596.0b     Document Type: Article

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