Clinical breast examination and its relevance to diagnosis of palpable breast lesion

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 505-507

  Ratanachaikanont, Teeradej ^a  

^a Phuket Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Clinical breast examination; Palpable breast lesion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST LESION; CLINICAL BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PALPATION; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 23044463608     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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