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. 2020 Feb;145(2):587-589.
doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000006717.

Are Breast Implants Safe?

Rod J Rohrich  1 , Jordan Kaplan  1
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Are Breast Implants Safe?

Rod J Rohrich et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 Feb.
No abstract available

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