Temporal branch of the facial nerve and its relationship to fascial layers

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-23

  Babakurban, Seda T ^a   Cakmak, Ozcan ^b   Kendir, Simel ^c   Elhan, Alaittin ^c   Quatela, Vito C ^d  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; FASCIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

FACIAL NERVE; FASCIA; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 76749148576     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfacial.2009.96     Document Type: Article

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