Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 41-49 , January 2008

Algorithm for clinical evaluation and surgical treatment of gynaecomastia

Received 18 August 2006 ,Accepted 25 September 2007.

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☆ Presented at the 53rd Congresso della Società Italiana di Chirurgia Plastica Ricostruttiva ed Estetica, Pisa, Italy, 16–18 September 2004.

PII: S1748-6815(07)00493-7

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.09.033

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 41-49 , January 2008

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