Cowden disease: A cutaneous marker for increased risk of breast cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 349-351

  Schweitzer, Sheri ^a   Hogge, Jacquelyn P ^a   Grimes, Margaret ^a   Bear, Harry D ^a   De Paredes, Ellen S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COWDEN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032934769     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.2.9930780     Document Type: Article

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