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Recognizing the Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Utilization Among Plastic Surgery Patients

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  1. West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA

    Cody L. Mullens

  2. Division of Plastic Surgery, MetroHealth, Cleveland, OH, USA

    James Gatherwright

  3. Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2049 E 100th Street, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Rebecca Knackstedt

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Mullens, C.L., Gatherwright, J. & Knackstedt, R. Recognizing the Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Utilization Among Plastic Surgery Patients. Aesth Plast Surg 43, 1681–1682 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-019-01505-3

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