Mammograms and breast arterial calcifications: Looking beyond breast cancer: A preliminary report

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Akinola, Rachael A ^a   Ogbera, Okeoghene A ^a   Onakoya, Josephine A A ^a   Enabulele, Chris E ^a   Fadeyibi, Idowu O ^b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

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EID: 79959199827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-207     Document Type: Article

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