Are patients with mastalgia anxious, and does relaxation therapy help?

Breast

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 138-142

  Fox, H ^a   Walker, L G ^a,b   Heys, S D ^b   Ah See, A K ^b   Eremin, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; DANAZOL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF EVALUATION; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0030919382     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9776(97)90554-3     Document Type: Article

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