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Does Reduction Mammaplasty Revert Skeletal Disturbances in the Vertebral Column of Patients With Macromastia? A Preliminary Study

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Elowitz, E.H. Does Reduction Mammaplasty Revert Skeletal Disturbances in the Vertebral Column of Patients With Macromastia? A Preliminary Study. Aesth Plast Surg 38, 113–114 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-013-0215-0

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