The lumbo-gluteal adipose body

J L Kahn1, R Wolfram-Gabel

  • 1Institut d'Anatomie Normale, Faculté de Médecine, 4, rue Kirschleger, 67085, Strasbourg cedex, France. renee.wolfram@medecine.u-strasbg.fr

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