The effect of routine breast examination on serum prolactin levels

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 869-870

  Hammond, K R ^a   Steinkampf, M P ^a   Boots, L R ^a   Blackwell, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

breast examination; female; human; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE;

EID: 0030009290     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58229-6     Document Type: Article

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