Chaperones and plastic surgery practice in India

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2012; 45(03): 592-593
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.105999

Letters to Editor

Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Shashank Lamba

Department of Plastic Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

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Ashish K. Gupta

Department of Plastic Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

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Harinatha Sreekar

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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