Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages 493-498 , March 2010

Self-esteem and personality in subjects with and without body dysmorphic disorder traits undergoing cosmetic rhinoplasty: preliminary data

  • G. Pecorari

      Affiliations

    • First ENT Division of Turin University, Turin, Italy
    • ,
  • C. Gramaglia

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Section, Neuroscience Department of Turin University, Turin, Italy
    • ,
  • M. Garzaro

      Affiliations

    • First ENT Division of Turin University, Turin, Italy
    • ,
  • G. Abbate-Daga

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Section, Neuroscience Department of Turin University, Turin, Italy
    • ,
  • G.P. Cavallo

      Affiliations

    • First ENT Division of Turin University, Turin, Italy
    • ,
  • C. Giordano

      Affiliations

    • First ENT Division of Turin University, Turin, Italy
    • ,
  • S. Fassino

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Section, Neuroscience Department of Turin University, Turin, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatric Institute, University of Turin, Via Cherasco 11, 10126 Torino, Turin, Italy. Tel.: +39 011 6634848/6335425; Fax: +39 011 673473.

Received 19 August 2008 ,Accepted 9 November 2008.

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PII: S1748-6815(08)01156-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.11.070

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages 493-498 , March 2010

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