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Clinical Anatomy of the Midface for Filler Injection

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Clinical Anatomy of the Face for Filler and Botulinum Toxin Injection

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Kyle K. Seo, MD, PhD & Hee-Jin Kim, DDS, PhD (Illustrated by Dr. Kwan-Hyun Youn)

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Kim, HJ., Seo, K.K., Lee, HK., Kim, J. (2016). Clinical Anatomy of the Midface for Filler Injection. In: Clinical Anatomy of the Face for Filler and Botulinum Toxin Injection. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0240-3_4

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