Gigantomastia - definition and association with hypercalcaemia

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-114

  Jouke van Wingerden, Jan ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; PHOSPHORUS; PROLACTIN;

AFRICA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; BREAST; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST REDUCTION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; JUVENILE; LETTER; MASTECTOMY; OSTEOLYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERTROPHY; MAMMAPLASTY; PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 57449100885     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.06.019     Document Type: Letter

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