Acta Med. 2017, 60: 51-54

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.50

Aberrant Cutaneous Nerve Loops in the Axilla

Vishwajit Ravindra Deshmukh, Harshita Bhardwaj, Feroz Khan, Tony George Jacob

Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Received January 5, 2017
Accepted April 7, 2017

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