Typical benign calcifications of the breast that do not require biopsy

Radiologist

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-9

  Stephens, Tanya Washington ^a   Whitman, Gary J ^a   Stelling, Carol B ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN CALCIFICATION;

EID: 0037252862     PISSN: 10691286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042423-200301000-00001     Document Type: Review

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