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Clinical Anatomy of the Face for Filler and Botulinum Toxin Injection

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Hee-Jin Kim (Illustrated by Kwan-Hyun Youn)

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Peripheral Nerves of the Face and Neck

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    Hee-Jin Kim

  2. Modelo Clinic, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Kyle K. Seo

  3. Image Plastic Surgery Clinic, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Hong-Ki Lee

  4. Dr. Youth Clinic, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Jisoo Kim

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Kim, HJ., Seo, K.K., Lee, HK., Kim, J. (2016). General Anatomy of the Face and Neck. In: Clinical Anatomy of the Face for Filler and Botulinum Toxin Injection. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0240-3_1

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