Calculating the Thickness of the Superficial Fatty Layer of the Body Using Age, Gender, and Body Mass Index

January 2020 | Volume 19 | Issue 1 | Original Article | 36 | Copyright © January 2020


Published online December 19, 2019

Sebastian Cotofana MD PhD,a,b Doris Hexsel MD,c Luiz E.T. Avelar MD,d Christine G. Munia MD,e Mariana Muniz MD,f Gabriela Casabona MD,g Thilo L. Schenck MD PhD,h Jeremy B. Green MD,i Nirusha Lachman PhD,j Konstantin Frank MDh

aDivision of Anatomy, Department of Medical Education, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY bDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY cBrazilian Centre for Studies in Dermatology, Porto Alegre, Brazil dPrivate Practice, Belo Horizonte, Brazil ePrivate Practice, Sao Paolo, Brazil fPrivate Practice, Sao Paolo, Brazil gOcean Clinic, Marbella, Spain hDepartment for Hand, Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Ludwig – Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany iSkin Associates of South Florida, Coral Gables, FL jMayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Sebastian Cotofana MD PhD cotofas@amc.edu
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