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Psychological Assessment Before and After Augmentation Mammaplasty

Flemming Sihm Department of Psychiatry, and the Department of Plastic Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Marianne Jagd Department of Psychiatry, and the Department of Plastic Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Michael Pers Department of Psychiatry, and the Department of Plastic Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pages 295-298 | Received 20 Nov 1978, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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Lennart Meyer & Anita Ringberg. (1987) Augmentation Mammaplasty—Psychiatric and Psychosocial Characteristics and Outcome in a Group of Swedish Women. Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 21:2, pages 199-208.
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