Strong linea alba: Myth or reality?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 291-292

  Naraynsingh, V ^a   Maharaj, R ^a   Dan, D ^a   Hariharan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LINEA ALBA; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKIN; TISSUE INJURY;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855204878     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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