Variations in the lymphatic drainage pattern of the head and neck: Further anatomic studies and clinical implications

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 611-620

  Pan, Wei Ren ^a,b   Le Roux, Cara Michelle ^a,b   Briggs, Christopher A ^a,b  

^a University of Melbourne ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; NECK; SCALP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; NECK; SCALP;

EID: 79951634159     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181fed511     Document Type: Article

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