Accessory breasts: A historical and current perspective

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 525-528

  Loukas, Marios ^a,b,d   Clarke, Pamela ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^c  

^a St George University   (Grenada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECTOPIC BREAST; ETHNICITY; GENDER; HIDRADENITIS; INHERITANCE; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LIPOMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MENARCHE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS CYST; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST; CHORISTOMA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE;

ABNORMALITIES; BREAST; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 34250158444     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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