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Case 37 - A 35-Year-Old Woman Who Complains of Cyclic Breast Pain (Idiopathic Mastodynia)

from Section V - Breast Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2019

David Chelmow
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University
Nicole W. Karjane
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University
Hope A. Ricciotti
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School
Amy E. Young
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
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Office Gynecology
A Case-Based Approach
, pp. 111 - 113
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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