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Arslan, O.E. (2005). Anatomy of the Abdominal Wall. In: Shiffman, M.A., Mirrafati, S. (eds) Aesthetic Surgery of the Abdominal Wall. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27263-1_1

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