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[The canons of morphotypes in adults. Anatomic atlas and database].
Morphologie : bulletin de l'Association des anatomistes - 1 Mar 1999
Musy G, Lassau J P
Abstract excerpt
Orthopedic surgery for subjects of small stature, (between 130 cm and 160 cm), after the end of the normal growth cycle, requires a definition of the individual's morphotype, according to the standard canons. There exists a "classic canon", from Mediterranean culture, which divides the human body, from the waist, into two unequal parts (in the longitudinal dimension), which can vary from excessive shortness to...
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