Imaging Features of Mucinous Breast Carcinoma
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JKSMRM 14:21-30(2010) Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea Received; January 20, 2010, revised; April 7, 2010, accepted; April 27, 2010 Corresponding author : Sung Hun Kim, M.D., Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary’ Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, Korea. Tel. 82-2-2258-6250 Fax. 82-2-599-6771 E-mail: [email protected] Imaging Features of Mucinous Breast Carcinoma
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تاریخ انتشار 2010