Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 6 , Pages 416-422 , September 2010

Contouring the forehead and rhinoplasty in the feminization of the face in male-to-female transsexuals

  • Rupert Dempf, MD, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationRupert DEMPF, MD, DDS, PhD, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, 06120 Halle/Saale, Germany. Tel.: +49 345 557 5245; Fax: +49 345 557 5307.
    • ,
  • Alexander W. Eckert, MD, DDS, PhD

Received 11 July 2009 ,Accepted 26 November 2009.

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PII: S1010-5182(09)00219-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2009.11.003

Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 6 , Pages 416-422 , September 2010

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