Follicular occlusion due to hyperkeratosis: A new hypothesis on the pathogenesis of mammillary fistula

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 553-554

  Berná Serna, Juan D ^a   Berná Mestre, Juan D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HYPERKERATOSIS; MAMMILLARY FISTULA; OCCLUSION; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS;

BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; FISTULA; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS;

FISTULA;

EID: 77958511314     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.07.027     Document Type: Article

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