Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: A 25-Year Experience

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-273

  Al Khaffaf, Bilal ^a   Knox, Fiona ^a   Bundred, Nigel J ^b  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GRANULOMATOUS MASTITIS; MASTITIS; PARITY; PERIDUCTAL MASTITIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MASTITIS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 38349148366     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.07.041     Document Type: Article

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