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Chen, X., Zhang, R., Zhang, Q. et al. Rationality and Regulation Needed to Contain China’s Dangerous Infatuation with “Elf Ears”. Aesth Plast Surg 46, 537–538 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-021-02505-y
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