A development anomaly of the mammary glands - Gigantomastia. A case report

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 517-518

  Chromiński, Wojciech ^a   Madej, Barbara ^a,b,c   Maciejewski, Ryszard ^b   Torres, Kamil ^b   Ciechanek, Roman ^c   Burdan, Franciszek ^b  

^a Department of Plastic Surgery ^*  (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^c Department of General Surgery   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breast anomaly; Breast reduction; Gigantomastia; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST MALFORMATION; BREAST REDUCTION; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KYPHOSIS; MAMMARY GLAND; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 0347413722     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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