Periductal mastitis and duct ectasia: Different conditions with different aetiologies

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 820-822

  Dixon, J M ^a,b   Ravisekar, O ^b   Chetty, U ^b   Anderson, T J ^c  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST DUCT ECTASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 0030002634     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830630     Document Type: Article

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