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Folded breast implant’s pointed edge causing thinning of the skin

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  1. Dvision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

    Gottfried Lemperle

  2. Department of Surgery, Johann-Wolfgangs-Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Klaus Exner

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Lemperle, G., Exner, K. Folded breast implant’s pointed edge causing thinning of the skin. Eur J Plast Surg 38, 513–514 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-015-1117-y

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