Histotopographic study of the fibroadipose connective cheek system

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-56

  MacChi, Veronica ^a   Tiengo, Cesare ^b   Porzionato, Andrea ^a   Stecco, Carla ^a   Vigato, Enrico ^a,b   Parenti, Anna ^b   Azzena, Bruno ^b   Weiglein, Andreas ^c   Mazzoleni, Francesco ^b   De Caro, Raffaele ^a  

^a Section of Anatomy

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aging; Fibroadipose connective system; Microanatomy; Platysma; Ptosis; Rhytidectomy; Superficial musculoaponeurotic system

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHEEK; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FASCIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIP; MASSETER MUSCLE; NOSE; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE; PAROTID REGION; PLATYSMA MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; ZYGOMA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; CHEEK; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS; DERMIS; FACIAL MUSCLES; HUMANS; PAROTID REGION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 73349143001     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000226276     Document Type: Article

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