Clinical breast examination

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 355-358

  Goodson III, William H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSITION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; OBSERVATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029932693     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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