Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 275-282 , October 2001

Nipple discharge: current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches

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doi: 10.1053/ctrv.2001.0234

Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 275-282 , October 2001

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