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. 2014 Feb;133(2):230e-231e.
doi: 10.1097/01.prs.0000437241.38424.bb.

Prophylactic mastectomy after planned submuscular breast augmentation

Vicknesh Sreetharan  1 , Berend van der Lei, Jakob de Vries, Thomas B Wermter
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Prophylactic mastectomy after planned submuscular breast augmentation

Vicknesh Sreetharan et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Feb.
No abstract available

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