Symptoms and related severity experienced by women with breast hypertrophy

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 481-486

  Sigurdson, Leif ^a,b   Mykhalovskiy, Eric ^a   Kirkland, Susan A ^a   Pallen, Anu ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTALGIA; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF ESTEEM; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33846454345     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000246407.87267.46     Document Type: Article

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