Hypertrophy of the breast: A problem of beauty or health?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1062-1069

  Benditte Klepetko, Heike ^a   Leisser, Valerie ^a   Paternostro Sluga, Tatjana ^b   Rakos, Monika ^b   Trattnig, Siegfried ^b   Helbich, Thomas ^b   Schemper, Michael ^b   Deutinger, Maria ^a  

^a Hospital Rudolfstiftung   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY MASS; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST REDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MANAGED CARE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BEAUTY; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INSURANCE, SURGICAL; MAMMAPLASTY;

EID: 34748845332     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.0183     Document Type: Article

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