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Commentary on “Seroma as a Late Complication after Breast Augmentation” by V.D. Pinchuk, O.V. Tymofii

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Gulyás, G. Commentary on “Seroma as a Late Complication after Breast Augmentation” by V.D. Pinchuk, O.V. Tymofii. Aesth Plast Surg 35, 315–318 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-010-9608-5

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