Congenital malformations and developmental changes of the breast: A neonatological view

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 471-485

  Merlob, P ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amastia; Athelia; Breast and nipple malformations; Polymastia; Polythelia

Indexed keywords

AMASTIA; ATHELIA; BREAST APLASIA; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST HYPOPLASIA; BREAST MALFORMATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECTOPIC BREAST; EMBRYOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; INTRAAREOLAR POLYTHELIA; INVERTED NIPPLE; MACROTHELIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROTHELIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NIPPLE MALFORMATION; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYTHELIA; POLYTHELIA AREOLARIS; REVIEW; TERATOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; NIPPLE; PATHOLOGY;

BREAST DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NIPPLES;

EID: 0037928774     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2003.16.4.471     Document Type: Review

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