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Transaxillary Breast Augmentation: Two Breast Cancer Patients with Successful Sentinel Lymph Node Diagnosis

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    Ruth Graf & Heitor Sado

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Graf, R., Sado, H. Transaxillary Breast Augmentation: Two Breast Cancer Patients with Successful Sentinel Lymph Node Diagnosis. Aesth Plast Surg 31, 550–552 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-007-0035-1

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