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Original Article

Dimensions of Capsular Collagen Fibrils: Image Analysis of Rapid Compared with Slow Tissue Expansion for Breat Reconstruction

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Pages 281-285 | Received 02 Dec 1991, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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