Chronological changes of microcalcifications of breast carcinoma

Breast Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-277

  Matsunaga, Tadaharu ^a   Nakamura, Yuhko ^a   Mimuro, Masahiro ^a   Fujii, Masahiko ^b   Kusama, Mikihiro ^c   Kaise, Hiroshi ^c   Koyanagi, Yasuhisa ^c  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Cancer Detection Center   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Mammography; Microcalcifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004559119     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02966707     Document Type: Article

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