Juvenile breast hypertrophy: Report of a familial pattern and review of the literature

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 303-309

  Kupfer, David ^a   Dingman, David ^a   Broadbent, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST REDUCTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; JUVENILE; MASTECTOMY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; ONSET AGE; ORGAN GROWTH; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MAMMAPLASTY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0026670570     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199290020-00023     Document Type: Article

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