The Breast
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 202-209 , June 2010

Lipomodelling of the Breast: A review

  • D. ELFadl

      Affiliations

    • Postgraduate Medical Institute, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Research Laboratories, Second Floor, Daisy Building, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull, HU16 5JQ, UK. Tel.: +44 7786958450; fax: +44 1482461874.
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  • V. Garimella

      Affiliations

    • Postgraduate Medical Institute, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
    • ,
  • T.K. Mahapatra

      Affiliations

    • Breast Unit, Hull And East Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, HU16 5JQ, UK
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  • P.L. Mcmanus

      Affiliations

    • Breast Unit, Hull And East Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, HU16 5JQ, UK
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  • P.J. Drew

      Affiliations

    • Postgraduate Medical Institute, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK

Received 11 September 2009 ,Revised 17 December 2009 ,Accepted 23 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2010.02.009

The Breast
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 202-209 , June 2010

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