Redefining gigantomastia

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-163

  Dafydd, H ^a   Roehl, K R ^b   Phillips, L G ^b   Dancey, A ^a   Peart, F ^a   Shokrollahi, K ^c  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c L'Hôpital d'Ottawa ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Breast; Definition; Gigantomastia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650681138     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.04.043     Document Type: Article

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