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Breast Hypertrophy: Call for a Common Universal Classification System and Terminology

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  1. Andrea Sisti and Payam Sadeghi have contributed to the article equally.

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Sisti, A., Sadeghi, P. Breast Hypertrophy: Call for a Common Universal Classification System and Terminology. Aesth Plast Surg 46, 535–536 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-021-02490-2

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