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DOI: 10.5999/aps.2020.01347
COVID-19 plastic surgery recovery plan: The Malaysian experience
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“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” Albert Einstein.
Permission was obtained to publish this short communication from the Director General of Health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia.
Publication History
Received: 03 July 2020
Accepted: 29 July 2020
Article published online:
22 March 2022
© 2020. The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, permitting unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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