Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry in pre-obese/obese women undergoing reduction mammaplasty

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Cervelli, Valerio ^a   Di Renzo, Laura ^a,b   Grimaldi, Monica ^a   Chiara Di Fede, Maria ^a   Gentile, Pietro ^a   Gravante, Gianpiero ^a   di Lorenzo, Nicola ^c   De Lorenzo, Antonino ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b INDiM   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Salus Onlus   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MORPHOMETRICS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67349261969     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.07.027     Document Type: Letter

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