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Xian-Jie Ma1, Yan Zheng, Wen-Sen Xia

  • 1Institute of Plastic Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.

Zhonghua Zheng Xing Wai Ke Za Zhi = Zhonghua Zhengxing Waike Zazhi = Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery
|February 27, 2009
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